Women's experiences of participating in the magpie trial: A postal survey in the United Kingdom

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-229

  Smyth, Rebecca M D ^a   Duley, Lelia ^a   Jacoby, Ann ^b   Elbourne, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perinatal trials; Questionnaires; Randomized controlled trials; Trial experience

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70049094937     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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