Determinants of patients' treatment preferences in a clinical trial

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-125

  Awad, Manal A ^a   Shapiro, Stanley H ^b,c   Lund, James P ^a,b,d   Feine, Jocelyne S ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Oral prostheses; Study designs; Treatment preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, COMPLETE, LOWER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034166587     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.028002119.x     Document Type: Article

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