Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

Alejandro R. Jadad; R.Andrew Moore; Dawn Carroll; Crispin Jenkinson; D.John M. Reynolds; David J. Gavaghan; Henry J. McQuay

doi:10.1016/0197-2456(95)00134-4

journal article Feb 01, 1996

Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

Alejandro R. Jadad R.Andrew Moore Dawn Carroll Crispin Jenkinson

D.John M. Reynolds David J. Gavaghan

Henry J. McQuay

Controlled Clinical Trials Vol. 17 No. 1 pp. 1-12 · Elsevier BV

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Keywords

Statistics Decision Sciences Psychology Medicine Reliability and Agreement in Measurement Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty Quality (philosophy) Economics, Econometrics and Finance MEDLINE Surgery Economics and Econometrics Medical physics Systematic review Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Physical therapy Blinding Randomized controlled trial Clinical trial Research design

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Published: Feb 01, 1996
Vol/Issue: 17(1)
Pages: 1-12
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Decision Sciences Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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Nuffield Department of Population Health University of Oxford Oxford UK

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Alejandro R. Jadad, R.Andrew Moore, Dawn Carroll, et al. (1996). Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?. Controlled Clinical Trials, 17(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/0197-2456(95)00134-4

Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

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