Can attention control conditions have detrimental effects on behavioral medicine randomized trials?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-143

  Pagoto, Sherry L ^a   McDermott, Mary M ^b   Reed, George ^a   Greenland, Philip ^b   Mazor, Kathy M ^a   Ockene, Judith K ^a   Whited, Matt ^a   Schneider, Kristin ^a   Appelhans, Brad ^b   Leung, Kathy ^a   Merriam, Philip ^a   Ockene, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention control; behavioral interventions; control groups; controlled trials; placebo; randomized

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84873894515     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182765dd2     Document Type: Article

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