A scoping review of the problems and solutions associated with contamination in trials of complex interventions in mental health

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Magill, Nicholas ^a,b   Knight, Ruth ^a   McCrone, Paul ^a   Ismail, Khalida ^c   Landau, Sabine ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Mental health; Randomised controlled trials; Treatment contamination

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85059743094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0646-z     Document Type: Article

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