The end-of-study patient survey: Methods influencing response rate in the AVID trial

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-533

  Renfroe, Ellen Graham ^a,g   Heywood, Geoff ^b   Foreman, Lynne ^c   Schron, Eleanor ^d   Powell, Judy ^a   Baessler, Christina ^e   Warwick, Deborah ^f   Morris, Mary ^a   Hallstrom, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g AVID CTC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD); Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators Trial (AVID); Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD); Patient survey; Quality of life; Randomized clinical trial; Trial satisfaction; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0036776071     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(02)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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