Systematic review of intervention design and delivery in pragmatic and explanatory surgical randomized clinical trials

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1037-1047

  Blencowe, N S ^a,b   Boddy, A P ^c   Harris, A ^d   Hanna, T ^e   Whiting, P ^a   Cook, J A ^f   Blazeby, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84937022520     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9808     Document Type: Article

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