Single patient (n-of-1) trials with binary treatment preference

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2625-2636

  Schluter, Philip J ^a,b   Ware, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Binomial; Hierarchical Bayesian methods; Informative priors; N of 1; Single patient trials; Treatment preference; Treatment responder

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG PREFERENCE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE PATIENT TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PREFERENCE;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; BAYES THEOREM; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 24944434054     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2132     Document Type: Article

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