Quality of reporting of surveys in critical care journals: A methodologic review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Duffett, Mark ^a   Burns, Karen E ^b   Adhikari, Neill K ^c   Arnold, Donald M ^a   Lauzier, François ^d   Kho, Michelle E ^e   Meade, Maureen O ^a   Hayani, Omar ^a   Koo, Karen ^f   Choong, Karen ^a   Lamontagne, François ^g   Zhou, Qi ^a   Cook, Deborah J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

healthcare surveys; research design; research methodology; research reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84856141111     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232d6c6     Document Type: Review

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