Is self-selection the main driver of positive interpretations of general health checks? The Inter99 randomized trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-48

  Bender, Anne Mette ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,c   Pisinger, Charlotta ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life style intervention; Mortality; Participation rate; Population level; RCT; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COUNSELING; DANISH CITIZEN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939502438     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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