Representativeness of trial populations: An example from a trial of adenotonsillectomy in children

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Van Den Akker, Emma H ^a,b   Rovers, Maroeska M ^b   Van Staaij, Birgit K ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^b   Schilder, Anne G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Generalizability; Randomized controlled trial; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; BREATHING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244312536     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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