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Friendship Bench trial: lay worker training in problem-solving therapy to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders [PDF]

, 2015
The Friendship Bench trial is a cluster-randomised trial of the effect of problem-solving therapy training for lay workers on symptoms of common mental disorders among clinic attenders in Harare, Zimbabwe. This dataset enables replication of analysis for
Abas, Melanie, Araya, Ricardo, Bere, Concilia, Chapoterera, Georgina, Chibanda, Dixon, Dzapasi, Lloyd, Gibson, Lorna, Goba, Nyaradzo, Gumunyu, Tichaona, Munetsi, Epiphany, Rusakaniko, Simbarashe, Simms, Victoria, Verhey, Ruth, Weiss, Helen   +13 more
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Effect of dietary sources of calcium and protein on hip fractures and falls in older adults in residential care: cluster randomised controlled trial

British medical journal, 2021
Objective To assess the antifracture efficacy and safety of a nutritional intervention in institutionalised older adults replete in vitamin D but with mean intakes of 600 mg/day calcium and
S. Iuliano, S. Poon, J. Robbins, M. Bui, X. Wang, L. D. de Groot, M. Van Loan, A. G. Zadeh, T. Nguyen, E. Seeman   +9 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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A cluster randomised trial of a Needs Assessment Tool for adult Cancer patients and their carers (NAT-C) in primary care: A feasibility study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundPeople with cancer often have unidentified symptoms and social care needs. The Needs Assessment Tool-Cancer (NAT-C) is a validated, structured method of assessing patient/carer concerns and prompting action, to address unmet need.AimsAssess ...
Joseph Clark, Elvis Amoakwa, Alexandra Wright-Hughes, John Blenkinsopp, David C Currow, David Meads, Amanda Farrin, Victoria Allgar, Una Macleod, Miriam Johnson   +9 more
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Determining the sample size for a cluster-randomised trial: Bayesian hierarchical modelling of the ICC estimate [PDF]

, 2015
In common with many cluster-randomised trials, it was difficult to determine the appropriate sample size for the planned trial of the effectiveness of a systematic voiding programme for post-stroke incontinence due to the lack of a robust estimate of the
Leathley, Michael John, Sutton, Chris J, Thomas, Lois Helene, Tishkovskaya, Svetlana, Watkins, Caroline Leigh   +4 more
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Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid Older Adults (OPERAM): cluster randomised controlled trial

British medical journal, 2021
Objective To examine the effect of optimising drug treatment on drug related hospital admissions in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy admitted to hospital. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial.
M. Blum, B. T. Sallevelt, A. Spinewine, D. O’Mahony, E. Moutzouri, M. Feller, C. Baumgartner, M. Roumet, K. Jungo, N. Schwab, Lisa Bretagne, Shanthi Beglinger, C. Aubert, I. Wilting, S. Thevelin, K. Murphy, C. Huibers, A. Drenth‐van Maanen, B. Boland, Erin K. Crowley, Anne Eichenberger, M. Meulendijk, E. Jennings, L. Adam, Marvin J Roos, L. Gleeson, Zhengru Shen, Sophie Marien, A. Meinders, O. Baretella, S. Netzer, Maria de Montmollin, A. Fournier, A. Mouzon, C. O'Mahony, D. Aujesky, D. Mavridis, S. Byrne, P. Jansen, M. Schwenkglenks, M. Spruit, O. Dalleur, W. Knol, S. Trelle, N. Rodondi   +44 more
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Activities to support the implementation of complex interventions as part of routine care: a review of the quality of reporting in cluster randomised controlled trials [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: To review a sample of cluster randomised controlled trials and explore the quality of reporting of (1) enabling or support activities provided to the staff during the trial, (2) strategies used to monitor fidelity throughout the trial and (3 ...
Boutron, Campbell, Chalmers, Chan, Craig, Douet, Flay, Gartlehner, Glasgow, Glasziou, Hoffmann, Hoffmann, Moore, Papadakis, Schroter, Schulz, Thorpe, Wells   +17 more
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Efficacy of a tight-control and treat-to-target strategy in axial spondyloarthritis: results of the open-label, pragmatic, cluster-randomised TICOSPA trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2021
Objectives To compare the benefits of a tight-control/treat-to-target strategy (TC/T2T) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) with those of usual care (UC). Methods Pragmatic, prospective, cluster-randomised, controlled, open, 1-year trial (NCT03043846). 18
A. Moltó, C. López-Medina, F. E. Van den Bosch, A. Boonen, C. Webers, E. Dernis, F. V. van Gaalen, M. Soubrier, P. Claudepierre, A. Baillet, M. Starmans-Kool, A. Spoorenberg, P. Jacques, P. Carron, R. Joos, J. Lenaerts, L. Gossec, S. Pouplin, A. Ruyssen-witrand, L. Sparsa, A. V. van Tubergen, D. M. van der Heijde, M. Dougados   +22 more
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The optimal design of stepped wedge trials with equal allocation to sequences and a comparison to other trial designs. [PDF]

, 2017
Background/Aims We sought to optimise the design of stepped wedge trials with an equal allocation of clusters to sequences and explored sample size comparisons with alternative trial designs.
Copas, Andrew, Fielding, Katherine, Hargreaves, James, Thompson, Jennifer A   +3 more
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Study design, rationale and methods of the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate environmental and human health impacts of a water-sensitive intervention in informal settlements in Indonesia and Fiji

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Increasing urban populations have led to the growth of informal settlements, with contaminated environments linked to poor human health through a range of interlinked pathways.
K. Leder, J. Openshaw, P. Allotey, Ansariadi Ansariadi, S. Barker, K. Burge, T. Clasen, S. Chown, G. Duffy, P. A. Faber, Genie M. Fleming, A. Forbes, M. French, C. Greening, R. Henry, E. Higginson, D. Johnston, R. Lappan, A. Lin, S. Luby, D. Mccarthy, J. O'Toole, Diego Ramirez-Lovering, D. Reidpath, J. Simpson, S. Sinharoy, R. Sweeney, Ruzka R. Taruc, A. Tela, Amelia Turagabeci, Jane Wardani, T. Wong, Rebekah R. Brown, Fitriyanty Becky Lamiya Dieter Bruce Brett Mohammed Dusan Mic Awaluddin Batagol Bata Bulachi Cahan Davis El-Siou   +33 more
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