Design characteristics that influence attrition in geriatric antidepressant trials: Meta-analysis

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 990-1001

  Heo, Moonseong ^a   Papademetriou, Eros ^b   Meyers, Barnett S ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Attrition; Elderly; Placebo; RCT

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350757993     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2211     Document Type: Article

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