A comparison between print vs. internet methods for a clinical trial recruitment-A pan European OCD study

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 874-878

  Carmi, L ^a   Zohar, J ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Internet; Online recruitment; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899987539     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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