Impact of study design on recruitment of patients to a primary care trial: An observational time series analysis of the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged (BAFTA) study

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 691-697

  Fletcher, K ^a   Mant, J ^b   Roalfe, A ^a   Hobbs, F D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient recruitment; RCT; Trial design

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STROKE; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78649385041     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq050     Document Type: Article

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