Recruitment strategies and challenges in a large intervention trial: Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial

Clinical Trials

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 319-330

  Ramsey, Thomas M ^a   Snyder, Joni K ^b   Lovato, Laura C ^c   Roumie, Christianne L ^d   Glasser, Steven P ^a   Cosgrove, Nora M ^e   Olney, Christine M ^d   Tang, Rocky H ^f   Johnson, Karen C ^g   Still, Carolyn H ^h   Gren, Lisa H ⁱ   Childs, Jeffery C ⁱ   Crago, Osa L ^c   Summerson, John H ^c   Walsh, Sandy M ^d   Perdue, Letitia H ^c   Bankowski, Denise M ^e   Goff, David C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^j Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical Center Networks; hypertension; recruitment; SPRINT

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RACE; RADIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEVISION; VOLUNTEER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HYPERTENSION; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84966565299     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774516631735     Document Type: Article

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