Insufficient evidence to determine the impact of patient preferences on clinical outcomes in acupuncture trials: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-318

  Prady, Stephanie L ^a   Burch, Jane ^b   Crouch, Simon ^a   MacPherson, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Preference design; Preferences; Randomization preference; Randomized clinical trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872778425     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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