Frequency and format of clinical trial results dissemination to patients: A survey of authors of trials indexed in PubMed

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Schroter, Sara ^a   Price, Amy ^a   Malički, Mario ^b   Richards, Tessa ^a   Clarke, Mike ^c  

^a British Medical Journal Technology Assessment Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dissemination; participants; patients and the public; research results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENTS; PUBMED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85073656665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032701     Document Type: Article

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