Using postal randomization to replace telephone randomization had no significant effect on recruitment of patients

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1046-1051

  Brealey, Stephen D ^a   Atwell, Christine ^b   Bryan, Stirling ^c   Coulton, Simon ^a   Cox, Helen ^a   Cross, Ben ^a   Fylan, Fiona ^d   Garratt, Andrew ^a,e   Gilbert, Fiona J ^f   Gillan, Maureen G C ^f   Hendry, Maggie ^g   Hood, Kerenza ^b   Houston, Helen ^b   King, David ^h   Morton, Veronica ^a   Orchard, Jo ^a   Robling, Michael ^b   Russell, Ian T ⁱ   Torgerson, David ^a   Wadsworth, Valerie ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family practice; Internal derangement of the knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Negative binomial regression; Patient recruitment; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34548745112     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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