The nurse is participating in a clinical study of the effects of teaching on drug compliance. The subjects are randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group
Health professionals deliver one of two teaching modules to each patient. This is an example of which kind of study?
a. Double-blind
b. Open-label
c. Single-blind
d. Triple-blind
ANS: C
In a single-blind study, only the subjects do not know which group they are assigned to.
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