Randomised controlled trials and clinical maternity care: moving on from intention-to-treat and other simplistic analyses of efficacy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The obstetrical literature is dominated by Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), with the vast majority being analysed using an intention-to-treat (ITT) approach. Whilst this approach may reflect well the consequence of assignment to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: AW Welsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
RCT
ITT
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/13/15