Share
433 Posts.
lightbulb Created with Sketch. 3
clock Created with Sketch. 20/04/17
04:30
Share
Originally posted by Rajenp5
↑
To add, it would seem very likely that patients have made multiple visits presenting with same and even different resp illnesses. All very innocent. However this then opens the trial to queries relating to the integrity (thru possible padding) of the data collection, as elaborated in the above post. I would say a researcher picked up on this issue and after discussion all came to the decision to make the exclusion rather than subject the study to such risk. The sample size of these occurrences might have been small but I think management is wise to not leave the study open to being undermined by an avoidable issue
Expand
I wonder if the Australian studies involved multiple visits by the same patient. If so they should be excluded and statistics recalculated. Only one visit per patient should be included.
