Parental consent to participation in a randomised trial in children: Associated child, family, and physician factors

Clinical Trials

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 645-651

  Sureshkumar, Premala ^a,b   Caldwell, Patrina ^a,b   Lowe, Alison ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^b   Williams, Gabrielle ^a,b   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARENTAL CONSENT; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867555930     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774512453219     Document Type: Article

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