Standardized training for healthcare professionals and its impact on patients with perennial rhinitis: A multi-centre randomized controlled trial

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-99

  Sheikh, A ^b,c   Khan Wasti, S ^c   Price, D ^d   Smeeth, L ^e   Fletcher, M ^c   Walker, S ^a,b,c  

^a EDUCATION FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Education for Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Healthcare professional; Perennial rhinitis; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Training

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845739228     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02619.x     Document Type: Article

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