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Feasibility of testing the effectiveness of a theory-informed intervention to reduce imaging for low back pain: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
Background General medical practitioner (GP) recruitment and subsequent data collection in clinical practice are challenging and may limit successful completion of a large-scale trial.
Hazel J. Jenkins, Simon D. French, Anika Young, Niamh A. Moloney, Chris G. Maher, John S. Magnussen, Blake F. Dear, Mark J. Hancock   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consort 2010 statement: extension to cluster randomised trials [PDF]

BMJ, 2012
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Campbell, Marion K, Piaggio, Gilda, Elbourne, Diana R, Altman, Douglas G, CONSORT Group   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Update to a protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led school-based intervention to increase the physical activity of adolescent girls (PLAN-A) [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Physical activity levels are low amongst adolescent girls, and this population faces specific barriers to being active. Peer influences on health behaviours are important in adolescence, and peer-led interventions might hold promise to change
Banfield, Kate, Blair, Pete, Campbell, Rona, Edwards, Mark, Garfield, Kirsty, Hollingworth, William, Jago, Russ, Kadir, Bryar, Kipping, Ruth, Lyons, Ronan, Sebire, Simon   +10 more
core   +1 more source

The impact of varying cluster size in cross-sectional stepped-wedge cluster randomised trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019
Background Cluster randomised trials with unequal sized clusters often have lower precision than with clusters of equal size. To allow for this, sample sizes are inflated by a modified version of the design effect for clustering.
James Thomas Martin, Karla Hemming, Alan Girling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Training health visitors in cognitive behavioural and person-centred approaches for depression in postnatal women as part of a cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation in primary care: the PoNDER trial [PDF]

, 2011
Aim: This paper aims to describe the training preparation for health visitors who took part in the intervention arm of a cluster randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of training for health visitors – the POstNatal Depression Economic ...
Barkham, M., Curran, J., Morrell, C.J., Ricketts, T., Tudor, K., Williams, C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

An educational intervention to prevent overweight in pre-school years: a cluster randomised trial with a focus on disadvantaged families

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Early prevention is a promising strategy for reducing obesity in childhood, and Early Years settings are ideal venues for interventions. This work evaluated an educational intervention with the primary aim of preventing overweight and obesity ...
Alison Hodgkinson, Janice Abbott, Margaret A. Hurley, Nicola Lowe, Pamela Qualter   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

A cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial of the impact of a two-dose compared to three-dose schedule of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in rural Gambia: the PVS trial

Trials, 2022
Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) effectively prevent pneumococcal disease but the global impact of pneumococcal vaccination is hampered by the cost of PCV.
Grant A. Mackenzie, Isaac Osei, Rasheed Salaudeen, Ilias Hossain, Benjamin Young, Ousman Secka, Umberto D’Alessandro, Arto A. Palmu, Jukka Jokinen, Jason Hinds, Stefan Flasche, Kim Mulholland, Cattram Nguyen, Brian Greenwood   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community involvement in dengue vector control: cluster randomised trial [PDF]

BMJ, 2009
To assess the effectiveness of an integrated community based environmental management strategy to control Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, compared with a routine strategy. Design Cluster randomised trial. Setting Guantanamo, Cuba. Participants 32 circumscriptions (around 2000 inhabitants each).
Vanlerberghe, V., Toledo, M. E., Rodríguez, M., Gomez, D., Baly, A., Benitez, J. R., Van der Stuyft, P.   +6 more
openaire   +6 more sources