Intervention research: Establishing fidelity of the independent variable in nursing clinical trials

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Stein, Karen Farchaus ^a   Sargent, Judy T ^a   Rafaels, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal validity; Intervention fidelity; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33845878244     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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