Lack of correlation between satisfaction and knowledge in clinical trials participants: A pilot study

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 730-736

  Bertoli, Ana M ^a   Strusberg, Ingrid ^a   Fierro, Gonzalo A ^a   Ramos, Mariela ^a   Strusberg, Alberto M ^a  

^a Centro Reumatologico Strusberg   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Participant knowledge; Participant satisfaction; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34848917114     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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