The trials and tribulations of enrolling couples in a randomized, controlled trial: a self-management program for hyperlipidemia as a model.

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Published in Patient Educ Couns on July 05, 2010

Authors

Corrine I Voils1, William S Yancy, Morris Weinberger, Jamiyla Bolton, Cynthia J Coffman, Amy Jeffreys, Eugene Z Oddone, Hayden B Bosworth

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA. voils001@mc.duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A Patient-Spouse Intervention for Self-Managing High Cholesterol (CouPLES) | NCT00321789

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