Implementing a complex rehabilitation intervention in a stroke trial: A qualitative process evaluation of AVERT

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Luker, Julie A ^a,b   Craig, Louise E ^c   Bennett, Leanne ^b   Ellery, Fiona ^a   Langhorne, Peter ^d   Wu, Olivia ^d   Bernhardt, Julie ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical research protocol; Clinical trials; Implementation; Qualitative research; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84977646112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0156-9     Document Type: Article

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