Recruitment bias resulted in poorer overall health status in a community-based control group

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 890-895

  Taylor, K S M ^a   Gordon, J C ^a   Harris, C E ^a   Counsell, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Control group; Health status indicators; Parkinsonian disorders; Patient recruitment; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 48549092525     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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