Accrual and drop out in a primary prevention randomised controlled trial: Qualitative study

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Eborall, Helen C ^a   Stewart, Marlene C W ^b   Cunningham Burley, Sarah ^c   Price, Jackie F ^b   Fowkes, F Gerry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ASPIRIN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78651085042     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-7     Document Type: Article

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