Lessons learnt during a complex, multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial: The ProAct65+ trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stevens, Zoe ^a   Carpenter, Hannah ^b   Gawler, Sheena ^a   Belcher, Carolyn ^b   Haworth, Deborah ^a   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Morris, Richard ^a   Masud, Tahir ^c   Skelton, Dawn A ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Data collection; Exercise; General practice; Peer mentors; Postural stability instructors; Quality assurance; Randomised controlled trial; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHER; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ENGLAND; EXERCISE THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP PROCESSES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTORS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER GROUP; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879478204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-192     Document Type: Article

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