Generalisability of the results of the Dutch-Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer CT screening trial (NELSON): does self-selection play a role?

Title : Generalisability of the results of the Dutch-Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer CT screening trial (NELSON): does self-selection play a role?

Source : Cochrane
ID : 22459203
Authors : van der Aalst, van Iersel, van Klaveren RJ, Frenken FJ, Fracheboud J, Otto SJ, de Jong PA, Oudkerk M, de Koning HJ
Year : 2012
Disease Category : Cancer
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Posteriori
Single-study Generalibility? : Single
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Background characteristics were compared between male respondents on the first questionnaire (n = 92,802), eligible subjects among them (n = 18,570) and those randomised (n = 10,627) and Statistics Netherlands 2002-2005 (SN) (n = 5289) or GLOBE study-data (Dutch cohort) (n = 696)
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : No
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Real-world data sources : Statistics Netherlands 2002-2005 (SN) (n= 5289) or GLOBE study-data
Target Population Data Type Levels : National