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dc.contributor.authorPolit, Denise F
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Brigid M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:33:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:33:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-09-21T06:56:49Z
dc.identifier.issn0160-6891
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/nur.20386
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/34148
dc.description.abstractIntention-to-treat (ITT) in randomized controlled trials involves keeping participants in the treatment groups to which they were randomized regardless of whether they withdraw following randomization. Intention-to-treat is a strategy for maintaining the integrity of randomization and strengthening the trial's internal validity. Although ITT is advocated by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines, there is confusion about what ITT means and little specific advice on how to achieve it. The purpose of this article is to present definitions of ITT and to suggest strategies for implementing ITT as a total design strategy in nursing clinical trials. Recommendations are offered regarding study planning, study design, subject retention, sampling, data collection, data analysis, and reporting within the context of ITT.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom355
dc.relation.ispartofpageto368
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalResearch in Nursing & Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599
dc.titleIntention-to-treat in randomized controlled trials: Recommendations for a total trial strategy
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGillespie, Brigid M.


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