A psychiatric nurse is participating in a research study that is examining the effectiveness of a new psychotropic medication
Neither the nurse nor the clients know whether or not a given dose of the medication is the experimental medication or a placebo. This is an example of which type of study? a. blinded clinical trial
b. cohort study
c. quasi-experimental
d. double-blinded trial
D
In a double-blinded study, neither the subjects nor the persons evaluating the outcome know whether any subject is receiving active treatment or placebo. In a regular blinded study, the researcher knows who is receiving treatment and who is receiving the placebo.
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