Do health care institutions value research? A mixed methods study of barriers and facilitators to methodological rigor in pediatric randomized trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hamm, Michele P ^a,b   Scott, Shannon D ^b   Klassen, Terry P ^c   Moher, David ^d   Hartling, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Mixed methods; Pediatrics; Risk of bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867557698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-158     Document Type: Article

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