Controlling bias in complex nursing intervention studies: A checklist

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 32-50

  Campbell Yeo, Marsha ^a,b   Ranger, Manon ^b   Johnston, Celeste ^b   Fergusson, Dean ^c,d  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Complex intervention; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 74549124271     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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