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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2018 May;12(3):735-736.
doi: 10.1177/1932296817747293. Epub 2017 Dec 25.

The Importance of the Hawthorne Effect on Psychological Outcomes Unveiled in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Diabetes Technology

Mary B Abraham  1   2   3 , Jennifer A Nicholas  1   2 , Michael Crone  4 , Trang T Ly  1   2   3 , Elizabeth A Davis  1   2   3 , Timothy W Jones  1   2   3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The Importance of the Hawthorne Effect on Psychological Outcomes Unveiled in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Diabetes Technology

Mary B Abraham et al. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2018 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hawthorne effect; diabetes technology; fear of hypoglycemia; randomized controlled trial.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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