Attrition revisited: Adherence and retention in a web-based alcohol trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Murray, Elizabeth ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Varagunam, Mira ^a   Godfrey, Christine ^c   Khadjesari, Zarnie ^a   McCambridge, Jim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Adherence; Attrition; EHealth; Follow up; Internet; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETENTION; TELEHEALTH;

ADHERENCE; ATTRITION; EHEALTH; FOLLOW-UP; INTERNET; RETENTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84883401548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2336     Document Type: Article

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