Evaluation of different recruitment and randomisation methods in a trial of general practitioner-led interventions to increase physical activity: A randomised controlled feasibility study with factorial design

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Warren, Fiona C ^a   Stych, Kate ^b   Thorogood, Margaret ^c   Sharp, Deborah J ^d   Murphy, Marie ^e   Turner, Katrina M ^d   Holt, Tim A ^c,f   Searle, Aidan ^d   Bryant, Susan ^d   Huxley, Caroline ^c   Taylor, Rod S ^a   Campbell, John L ^a   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Complex interventions; Physical activity; Primary care research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EQ 5D SCORE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STUDY DESIGN; SURGERY; ACTIMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIGRAPHY; COUNSELING; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900335863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-134     Document Type: Article

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