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Simulation in undergraduate paediatrics: a cluster‐randomised trial
The Clinical Teacher, 2015Summary Background Medical students lack confidence in recognising, assessing and managing unwell patients, particularly children. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a 1‐day novel paediatric simulation course on medical students' ability to recognise and assess sick children, and to evaluate
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Sample Size Calculations for Cluster Randomised Trials
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 2000Objectives: Cluster randomised trials, in which groups of individuals are randomised, are increasingly being used in the health field. Adopting a clustered approach has implications for the design of such trials, and sample size calculations need to be inflated to accommodate for the clustering effect.
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Treatment allocation in trials: cluster randomisation
BMJ, 2014Researchers investigated the effectiveness of neuromuscular training in reducing the rate of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football players. A cluster randomised controlled trial study design was used. The intervention was a 15 minute neuromuscular warm-up programme (targeting core stability, balance, and proper knee alignment) carried out ...
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Cluster randomised controlled trials: sample size calculations
BMJ, 2013Researchers evaluated the effects of training primary care health professionals in counselling patients about health related behaviour change. A cluster randomised trial with general practices as the unit of randomisation was performed. The intervention consisted of behaviour change counselling in four risk behaviours (smoking, alcohol use, exercise ...
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Contamination effects in cluster randomised trials of TB interventions
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease<sec><title>BACKGROUND</title>Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) of TB interventions have achieved mixed results, with many lacking significant reductions in outcomes. Contamination in CRTs, resulting from short and long-term movement between clusters and the general population, may dilute the impact of measured intervention.</sec ...
K E, LeGrand +5 more
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Cluster randomised controlled trial: shade for Australian adolescents
BMJ, 2009Appraisal of a study of adolescents’ use of purpose built shade in Australian secondary ...
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The analysis of cluster‐randomised trials in education
Effective Education, 2010Trials where participants are allocated in groups or clusters rather than as individuals must be analyzed differently from trials where randomisation is individual. I illustrate several possible approaches to analysis using data from a randomised trial of incentives in adult literacy education.
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An overview of precision oncology basket and umbrella trials for clinicians
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2020Kristian Thorlund, Edward J Mills
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