A pragmatic cluster randomised trial evaluating three implementation interventions [PDF]
Implementation Science, 2012 Background Implementation research is concerned with bridging the gap between evidence and practice through the study of methods to promote the uptake of research into routine practice.
Rycroft-Malone Jo +7 more
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Extending a parallel cluster randomised trial into a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial: implications for interpretation [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthKarla Hemming, Monica Taljaard
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Cluster randomised trials in the medical literature: two bibliometric surveys [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2004 Background Several reviews of published cluster randomised trials have reported that about half did not take clustering into account in the analysis, which was thus incorrect and potentially misleading.
Bland J Martin
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Multifactorial falls prevention programme compared with usual care in UK care homes for older people: multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation [PDF]
British medical journal, 2021 Objectives To determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of a multifactorial fall prevention programme compared with usual care in long term care homes. Design Multicentre, parallel, cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting Long term care homes in
Pip Logan +19 more
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Feasibility of a cluster randomised trial on the effect of trauma life support training: a pilot study in India [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective To assess the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Primary Trauma Care (PTC) with standard care on patient outcomes.Design This was a pilot pragmatic ...
Kapil Dev Soni +14 more
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Enhancing Recruitment Using Teleconference and Commitment Contract (ERUTECC): a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial within the EFFECTS trial [PDF]
Upsala Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Two out of three randomised controlled trials (RCTs) fail to meet their recruitment goals. Recruitment to Efficacy oF Fluoxetine – a randomisEd Controlled Trial in Stroke (EFFECTS), fluoxetine for stroke recovery was slower than anticipated ...
Eva Isaksson +4 more
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Group sequential designs for stepped-wedge cluster randomised trials. [PDF]
Clinical Trials, 2017 BACKGROUND/AIMS: The stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial design has received substantial attention in recent years. Although various extensions to the original design have been proposed, no guidance is available on the design of stepped-wedge cluster ...
Grayling, Michael J +2 more
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The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT): protocol for a cluster randomised trial [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2016 Background: Despite improving evidence-based practice following clinical guidelines to optimise drug therapy, Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) still exerts a devastating toll from vascular complications and premature death.
Adamson, Ashley +19 more
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Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2019 Objective To determine whether Rojiroti microfinance, for poor Indian women, improves child nutrition. Design Cluster randomised trial. Setting Tolas (village communities) in Bihar State. Participants Women and children under 5 years.
Shalini Ojha +7 more
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Contamination in trials: is cluster randomisation the answer? [PDF]
BMJ, 2001 Most randomised trials allocate individual participants to different treatments. However, cluster randomised trials in which groups of subjects are allocated to different treatments are becoming increasingly popular.1 Cluster randomisation is often advocated to minimise treatment “contamination” between intervention and control participants.
Torgerson, D J
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