Study design attributes influenced patients' willingness to participate in clinical research: A randomized vignette-based study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Agoritsas, Thomas ^a   Deom, Marie ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Funding source; Inpatient attitudes; Recruitment; Research methods; Study design; Willingness to participate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SAFETY; STUDY DESIGN; VIGNETTE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 78649851461     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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