Examination of the analytic quality of behavioral health randomized clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-71

  Spring, Bonnie ^a,c   Pagoto, Sherry ^a   Knatterud, Genell ^b   Kozak, Andrea ^a   Hedeker, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Randomized controlled trial; Research design; Statistical data interpretation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846430537     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20334     Document Type: Article

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