Adoption of the double dummy trial design to reduce observer bias in testing treatments

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 196-198

  Marušić, Ana ^a   Ferenčić, Stella Fatović ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORNING STIFFNESS; OBSERVER BIAS; PREMEDICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STUDY DESIGN; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; YUGOSLAVIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 84882259201     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076813485350     Document Type: Article

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