Methodological review: quality of randomized controlled trials in health literacy
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Methodological review: quality of randomized controlled trials in health literacy
BACKGROUND The growing move towards patient-centred care has led to substantial research into improving the health literacy skills of patients and members of the public. Hence, there is a pressing need to assess the methodology used in contemporary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions directed at health literacy, in particular the quality (risk of bias), and the types of outcome...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1479-2