Therapist effects in randomised controlled trials: What to do about them

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1102-1112

  Walters, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Marginal model; Random effects; Randomised controlled trial; Statistical models; Therapist effects

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEG ULCER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77955950660     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03067.x     Document Type: Article

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