Reporting the Recruitment Process in Clinical Trials: Who Are These Patients and How Did They Get There?
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- 2 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 137 (1) , 10-16
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-137-1-200207020-00007
Abstract
Many randomized, controlled trials published in major medical journals do not provide information about the patient recruitment process. As a result, it is difficult for readers to gauge the extent... Background: A common criticism of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) is that the enrollment process may be highly selective and those who enroll may not represent persons in the general populatio...Keywords
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