Are participants in pharmacological and psychotherapy treatment trials for social anxiety disorder representative of patients in real-life settings?

Title : Are participants in pharmacological and psychotherapy treatment trials for social anxiety disorder representative of patients in real-life settings?

Source : PubMed
ID : 25154011
Authors : Hoertel N, de Maricourt P, Katz J, Doukhan R, Lavaud P, Peyre H, Limosin F
Year : 2014
Disease Category : Mental disorder
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Priori
Single-study Generalibility? : Multiple
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Applied a standard set of exclusion criteria representative of pharmacological and psychotherapy clinical trials to all adults with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, diagnosis of SAD. They aim to assess how many participants with SAD would fulfill typical eligibility criteria
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 : 2004-2005 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Target Population Data Type Levels : National