Intention-to-treat analyses in behavioral medicine randomized clinical trials

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-322

  Pagoto, Sherry L ^a   Kozak, Andrea T ^b   John, Priya ^f   Bodenlos, Jamie S ^a   Hedeker, Donald ^d   Spring, Bonnie ^c,e   Schneider, Kristin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic quality; Intention to treat; Randomized controlled trials; Research design; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 73449094848     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-009-9039-3     Document Type: Article

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