The design features and practicalities of conducting a pragmatic cluster randomized trial of obesity management in primary care

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-340

  Moore, Helen ^a,d   Summerbell, Carolyn D ^a   Vail, Andy ^b   Greenwood, Darren C ^c   Adamson, Ashley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035866012     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20010215)20:3<331::AID-SIM795>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Conference Paper

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