The sexunzipped trial: Optimizing the design of online randomized controlled trials

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bailey, Julia V ^a   Pavlou, Menelaos ^a   Copas, Andrew ^a   McCarthy, Ona ^b   Carswell, Ken ^c   Rait, Greta ^a   Hart, Graham ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^a   Free, Caroline ^b   French, Rebecca ^b   Murray, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Internet; Outcome assessment (health care); Randomized controlled trials as topic; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891819355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2668     Document Type: Article

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