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Mendeley readers
| Title |
Failure to report protocol violations in clinical trials: a threat to internal validity?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trials, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-12-214 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Elizabeth A Sweetman, Gordon S Doig |
| Abstract |
Excessive protocol violations (PV), which can be defined as preventable mistakes in study conduct, may result in patient harm and introduce errors into a clinical trial's results leading to flawed trial conclusions.The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of reported PVs, to describe current practice with regards to the use of methods for the reduction of PVs and to investigate relationships between clinical trial characteristics and PVs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Denmark | 1 | 20% |
| Japan | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 52 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 14 | 25% |
| Unknown | 4 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 40% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 25% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |