Identifying research priorities for effective retention strategies in clinical trials

Identifying research priorities for effective retention strategies in clinical trials

Abstract Background The failure to retain patients or collect primary-outcome data is a common challenge for trials and reduces the statistical power and potentially introduces bias into the analysis. Identifying strategies to minimise missing data was the second highest methodological research prio...

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Main Authors: Anna Kearney, Anne Daykin, Alison R. G. Shaw, Athene J. Lane, Jane M. Blazeby, Mike Clarke, Paula Williamson, Carrol Gamble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Missing data
Attrition
Retention
Clinical trials
Missing data strategies
Study design
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-2132-z

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