Factors influencing attrition in a multisite, randomized, clinical trial following traumatic brain injury in adolescence

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages E33-E40

  Blaha, Robert Z ^a   Arnett, Anne B ^a   Kirkwood, Michael W ^b   Taylor, H Gerry ^c   Stancin, Terry ^d   Brown, Tanya M ^e   Wade, Shari L ^f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attrition; Closed head injury; Pediatrics; Randomized clinical trial; Retention; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNET; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84936767468     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000059     Document Type: Article

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