Instrument selection for randomized controlled trials: Why this and not that?

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Records, Kathie ^a   Keller, Colleen ^a   Ainsworth, Barbara ^b   Permana, Paska ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument; Intervention; Randomized controlled trials; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; INFLAMMATION; INSTRUMENT; METHODOLOGY; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84855339882     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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