Bias in a placebo-controlled study due to mismeasurement of disease status and the regression effect

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 497-501

  Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Lyles, Robert H ^b   Williamson, John M ^c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Intervention; Misclassification; Otitis media; Placebo controlled trial; Regression to the mean

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036776125     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(02)00229-5     Document Type: Article

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