Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?
(2014)
Journal Article
Rathod, T., Belcher, J., Montgomery, A. A., Salisbury, C., & Foster, N. E. (2014). Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?. Trials, 15, Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-41
BACKGROUND: Most randomised clinical trials (RCTs) testing a new health service do not allow a run-in period of consolidation before evaluating the new approach. Consequently, health professionals involved may feel insufficiently familiar or confiden... Read More about Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?.