The face of equipoise - delivering a structured education programme within a randomized controlled trial: Qualitative study

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Eborall, Helen C ^a   Dallosso, Helen M ^b   Daly, Heather ^b   Martin Stacey, Lorraine ^b   Heller, Simon R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Educator; Equipoise; Randomized controlled trial; Self monitoring of blood glucose; Structured education; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EQUIPOISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF MONITORING; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; GLYCOSURIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892188728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-15     Document Type: Article

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