Community-based recruitment and enrollment for a clinical trial on the sensitive issue of fecal incontinence: The Fiber Study

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Whitebird, Robin R ^a   Bliss, Donna Zimmaro ^b   Hase, Kirsten A ^a   Savik, Kay ^b  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrollment; Fecal incontinence; Fiber; Methods; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FERMENTATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY FIBER; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; MINNESOTA; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SHAME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33744953690     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20131     Document Type: Article

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