Minimizing Bias in Randomized Trials: The Importance of Blinding

Psaty and Prentice discuss the importance of blinding of investigators and evaluate whether the absence of investigator blinding may have influenced the results of specific important trials. The effort required to blind investigators and patients increases the cost and complexity of trials. However,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2010-08, Vol.304 (7), p.793-794
Hauptverfasser:	Psaty, Bruce M, Prentice, Ross L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bias Clinical trials Costs Double-Blind Method Endpoint Determination Patients Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data Single-Blind Method Treatment Outcome
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