MEANING
A situation in which participants do not receive or follow the treatment assignment they were given, including crossovers or refusals.
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Some participants do not follow the treatment they were assigned.Explain why assignment and treatment actually received differ in a study.
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- treatment noncompliance
- noncompliance with assignment
- account for noncompliance
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Treatment noncompliance increased when assigned participants could not reach the clinic.
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Noncompliance can mean not taking assigned treatment or receiving the alternative; it complicates effects of treatment received.
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