Shifting effects in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions: A new kind of performance bias?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Gold, C ^a   Erkkila J ^b   Crawford, M J ^c  

^a Uni Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Psychotherapy; Randomised controlled trial; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS; GENDER; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHIFTING EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867455163     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01922.x     Document Type: Review

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