Validity of clinical body weight measures as substitutes for missing data in a randomized trial

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Arterburn, David ^a,b   Ichikawa, Laura ^a   Ludman, Evette J ^a   Operskalski, Belinda ^a   Linde, Jennifer A ^c   Anderson, Emily ^c   Rohde, Paul ^d   Jeffery, Robert W ^c   Simon, Greg E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Reliability; Research design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 55749096741     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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