Randomized Controlled Trials: Do They Have External Validity for Patients With Multiple Comorbidities?

Title : Randomized Controlled Trials: Do They Have External Validity for Patients With Multiple Comorbidities?

Source : PsycINFO
ID : 16569712
Authors : Fortin, Martin; Dionne, Jonathan; Pinho, Geneviève; Gignac, Julie; Almirall, José; Lapointe, Lise
Year : 2006
Disease Category : Not Specified
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Priori
Single-study Generalibility? : Multiple
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Assess the multiple chronic conditions of patients who are eligible for 5 RCTs
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : Yes
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Eligible patients in different trials : Yes
Real-world data sources : data set of patients collected from a study conducted in the Saguenay region of Québec, Canada, from January to July 2003
Target Population Data Type Levels : Regional
Descriptive Statistics : Yes