Conducting qualitative research within Clinical Trials Units: Avoiding potential pitfalls

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 338-343

  Cooper, Cindy ^a   O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Hind, Danny ^a   Adamson, Joy ^b   Lawton, Julia ^c   Baird, Wendy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Qualitative research; Randomised controlled trial; Trial management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMORALIZATION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS; UNITED KINGDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84903483441     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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