Application of the CuSum technique to evaluate changes in recruitment strategies

Nursing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 399-405

  McNees, Patrick ^a   Dow, Karen Hassey ^b   Loerzel, Victoria Wochna ^c  

^a Applied Health Science Inc   (United States)

^b School of Nursing

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual; CuSum; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644824553     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200511000-00006     Document Type: Review

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