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Simple steps to develop trial follow-up procedures

BACKGROUND: Loss to follow-up in randomised controlled trials reduces statistical power and increases the potential for bias. Almost half of all trials fail to achieve their follow-up target. Statistical methods have been described for handling losses to follow-up and systematic reviews have identif...

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Autores principales: McCarthy, Ona, French, Rebecca S., Roberts, Ian, Free, Caroline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1155-1