Development and impact of an intervention to boost recruitment in a multicenter pediatric randomized clinical trial

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-157

  Bhatnagar, Sonika ^a   Hoberman, Alejandro ^a   Kearney, Diana H ^a   Shaikh, Nader ^a   Moxey Mims, Marva M ^b   Chesney, Russell W ^c   Carpenter, Myra A ^d   Greenfield, Saul P ^e   Keren, Ron ^f   Mattoo, Tej K ^g   Mathews, Ranjiv ^h   Gravens Mueller, Lisa ^d   Ivanova, Anastasia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; intervention; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH SUBJECT; STUDY DESIGN; TELECONFERENCE; TIME;

CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTION; RECRUITMENT;

CHILD; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892427803     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813506961     Document Type: Article

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