In a randomized trial, outcomes were not affected by intensive follow-up over 1 year

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 991-996

  Farmer, Andrew J ^a   Doll, Helen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias, epidemiology; Follow up; Health surveys; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Research design, epidemiology; Risk factor screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 24944446783     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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