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Undertaking a randomised controlled trial in the police setting: methodological and practical challenges [PDF]

Trials, 2017
Background There has been an increased drive towards Evidence Based Policing in recent years. Unlike in other public sector services, such as health and education, randomised controlled trials in the police setting are relatively rare.
Arabella Scantlebury, Catriona McDaid, Alison Booth, Caroline Fairhurst, Adwoa Parker, Rebecca Payne, Helen Reed, William J. Scott, David Torgerson, Catherine Hewitt   +9 more
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Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare the “Taste & See” Programme—A Church-Based Programme to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food—With a Wait-List Control [PDF]

Religions, 2018
(1) Background: Obesity is strongly associated with poor mental-health. Spiritual and religious wellbeing is associated with improved mental well-being and reduced emotional eating.
Deborah Lycett
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School-based group interpersonal therapy for adolescents with depression in Nepal: protocol for a phase III realist cluster-randomised controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Background Depression is a leading cause of disability among adolescents, with the burden disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where access to mental health care is limited.
Kelly Rose-Clarke, Cemile Ceren Sonmez, Sujan Shrestha, Bishnu Lamichhane, Indira Pradhan, Parbati Pandey, Pratima Kandel, John Hodsoll, Lauren Yan, Bryan Patenaude, Helen Verdeli, Kamal Gautam, Mark Jordans, Chris Bonell, Nagendra P. Luitel   +14 more
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Educational films for improving screening and self-management of gestational diabetes in India and Uganda (GUIDES): study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2021
Background The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is rising rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Most women with GDM in LMICs are undiagnosed and/or inadequately managed due to a lack of knowledge and skills about GDM ...
Laura L. Oakley, Deepa R, Arthur Namara, Biswamitra Sahu, Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, Yamuna Ana, Helen Coombe, Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Janet Seeley, Moffat Nyirenda, Giridhar Babu, Sanjay Kinra   +11 more
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Recruiting general practitioners and patients with dementia into a cluster randomised controlled trial: strategies, barriers and facilitators

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Recruitment of general practitioners (GPs) and their patients is reported as one of the most challenging steps when undertaking primary care research. The present paper describes the recruitment process of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Sonia Lech, Julie L. O’Sullivan, Leonard Wellmann, Juliana Supplieth, Susanne Döpfmer, Paul Gellert, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Johanna Nordheim   +7 more
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Implementation of the patient version of the evidence-based (S3) guideline for psychosocial interventions for patients with severe mental illness (IMPPETUS): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background The German guideline on psychosocial interventions for people with severe mental disorders recommends a broad spectrum of evidence-based treatments.
Johanna Breilmann, Reinhold Kilian, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Uta Gühne, Alkomiet Hasan, Peter Falkai, Andreas Allgöwer, Rainer Muche, Thomas Becker, Klemens Ajayi, Peter Brieger, Karel Frasch, Stephan Heres, Markus Jäger, Andreas Küthmann, Albert Putzhammer, Max Schmauß, Bertram Schneeweiß, Michael Schwarz, Markus Kösters   +19 more
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Protocol for a parallel group, two-arm, superiority cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study (version 1.3; 10 November 2022)

Trials, 2023
Background Diarrhoeal disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among the under-fives in many low- and middle-income countries.
Evans A. Asamane, Laura Quinn, Samuel I. Watson, Richard J. Lilford, Karla Hemming, Cheick Sidibe, Ryan T. Rego, Sami Bensassi, Youssouf Diarra, Samba Diop, Om Prasad Gautam, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Louise Jackson, Kate Jolly, Kassoum Kayentao, Ousmane Koita, Buba Manjang, Susan Tebbs, Nicola Gale, Paula Griffiths, Sandy Cairncross, Ousmane Toure, Semira Manaseki-Holland   +22 more
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Contamination in complex healthcare trials:the falls in care homes (FinCH) study experience [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Trials are at risk of contamination bias which can occur when participants in the control group are inadvertently exposed to the intervention.
Allen, F, Darby, J, Fox, C, Gordon, A L, Horne, J C, Leighton, P, Logan, P A, Robinson, K, Sims, Erika   +8 more
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Exploring demographic and lifestyle associations with patient experience following telephone triage by a primary care doctor or nurse:secondary analyses from a cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
The ESTEEM trial was a cluster randomised controlled trial that compared two telephone triage management systems (general practitioner (GP) or a nurse supported by computer decision support software) with usual care, in response to a request for same-day
Bunn, Campbell, Campbell, Campbell, Campbell, Kontopantelis, Lyratzopoulos, McKinstry, Mead, Murdoch, Murdoch, Paddison, Paddison, Richards, Richards, Salisbury, Stirewalt, van Uden, Warren   +18 more
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination schedules in infants—acquisition, immunogenicity, and pneumococcal conjugate and yellow fever vaccine co-administration study

Trials, 2022
Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) effectively prevent pneumococcal disease, but the global impact of pneumococcal vaccination is hampered by its cost.
Grant A. Mackenzie, Isaac Osei, Rasheed Salaudeen, Ousman Secka, Umberto D’Alessandro, Ed Clarke, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Paul V. Licciardi, Cattram Nguyen, Brian Greenwood, Kim Mulholland   +10 more
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