Trends in RCT nursing research over 20 years: Mind the gap

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 895-899

  Baldi, Ileana ^a   Dal Lago, Elisa ^b   De Bardi, Sara ^c   Sartor, Giada ^d   Soriani, Nicola ^a   Zanotti, Renzo ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Santorso Hospital   (Italy)

^c P Cosma Hospital   (Italy)

^d Mother and Child Department Local Health District   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Evidence based nursing; Experimental; Gradient; Randomised controlled trial (RCT); Trend

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; EXPERIMENTAL; GRADIENT; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREND;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; EXPERIMENTAL; GRADIENT; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT); TREND;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907521734     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2014.23.16.895     Document Type: Article

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