Non-compliance with randomised allocation and missing outcome data in randomised controlled trials evaluating surgical interventions: A systematic review

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adewuyi, Temitope E ^a   MacLennan, Graeme ^a   Cook, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intention to treat; Missing data; Non compliance; Surgical trials

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84941417592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1364-9     Document Type: Article

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