On reporting results from randomized controlled trials with recurrent events

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kuramoto, Lisa ^a   Sobolev, Boris G ^b   Donaldson, Meghan G ^c  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SF Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 46749139053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-35     Document Type: Article

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