Reducing bias in trials from reactions to measurement: the MERIT study including developmental work and expert workshop

Background: Measurement can affect the people being measured; for example, asking people to complete a questionnaire can result in changes in behaviour (the ‘question–behaviour effect’). The usual methods of conduct and analysis of randomised controlled trials implicitly assume that the taking of me...

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Main Authors: David P French, Lisa M Miles, Diana Elbourne, Andrew Farmer, Martin Gulliford, Louise Locock, Stephen Sutton, Jim McCambridge, the MERIT Collaborative Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2021-09-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25550