Alternatives for randomization in lifestyle intervention studies in cancer patients were not better than conventional randomization

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-292

  Velthuis, Miranda J ^a,b   May, Anne M ^b   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^b   Van Der Wall, Elsken ^b   Peeters, Petra H M ^b  

^a Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lifestyle; Oncology; Randomization; Randomized clinical trial; Zelen design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

CONTROL GROUPS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE STYLE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELECTION BIAS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84856002085     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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