Realist RCTs of complex interventions - An oxymoron

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-128

  Marchal, Bruno ^a   Westhorp, Gill ^b   Wong, Geoff ^c   Van Belle, Sara ^d   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^e   Kegels, Guy ^a   Pawson, Ray ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Community Matters Pty Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Methodology; Randomised controlled trials; Realist evaluation; Research design

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIAC PATIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPLEXITY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REALIST EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881550892     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.025     Document Type: Note

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