Co-bedding twins: How pilot study findings guided improvements in planning a larger multicenter trial

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Hayward, Kathryn ^a,b   Campbell Yeo, Marsha ^a,b,c   Price, Sheri ^a,b,d   Morrison, Della ^b   Whyte, Robin ^a   Cake, Heather ^b   Vine, Jocelyn ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co bedding; Feasibility study; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF EFFICACY; TWINS;

EID: 34247243635     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000263967.24125.db     Document Type: Article

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