Recruiting young adults into a weight loss trial: Report of protocol development and recruitment results

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Corsino, Leonor ^a,b   Lin, Pao Hwa ^b   Batch, Bryan C ^a,b   Intille, Stephen ^c   Grambow, Steven C ^b,d   Bosworth, Hayden B ^b,d   Bennett, Gary G ^b   Tyson, Crystal ^b   Svetkey, Laura P ^b   Voils, Corrine I ^b,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Methods; Obesity; Recruitment; Trial; Young

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULTS; METHODS; OBESITY; RECRUITMENT; TRIAL; YOUNG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877354269     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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