Re: promoting regular mammography screening I: a systematic assessment of validity in a randomized trial (letter)

Title: Re: promoting regular mammography screening I: a systematic assessment of validity in a randomized trial (letter)
Creator: McCambridge, Jim; Kypri, Kyp; Attia, John; Elbourne, Diana
Relation: Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 101, Issue 14, p. 1029-1030
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djp154
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: We congratulate del Junco et al. for undertaking a dedicated study of validity in their mammography screening trial. We are particularly interested in their randomized studies of the possible effects of completing baseline surveys and in their conceptualization of validity. The study population was randomly sampled, and screening rates in the assessed control group were compared with secular trends among nonparticipants, providing a robust test of whether study participation altered screening behavior, and thus whether the findings have external validity.
Subject: randomized trials; external validity; mammography screening; alcohol interventions
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/808395
Identifier: uon:7646
Identifier: ISSN:0027-8874
Language: eng

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