Evaluating a complex intervention with a single outcome may not be a good idea: An example from a randomised trial of stroke case management

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 718-724

  Mayo, Nancy E ^a   Scott, Susan ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case management; Complex interventions; Elderly; Health outcomes; Health services research; Multiple outcomes; Quality of life; Statistical methods; Statistics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING INTERVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054923593     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr061     Document Type: Article

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