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Implementation and evaluation of short peripheral intravenous catheter flushing guidelines: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

BMC Medicine, 2020
Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are ubiquitous medical devices, crucial to providing essential fluids and drugs. However, post-insertion PIVC failure occurs frequently, likely due to inconsistent maintenance practice such as flushing. The aim of
Samantha Keogh, Caroline Shelverton, Julie M. Flynn, G. Mihala, S. Mathew, Karen M. Davies, N. Marsh, C. Rickard   +7 more
semanticscholar   +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

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

HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in Malawi: An adaptive multi-arm, multi-stage cluster randomised trial

PLoS Medicine, 2019
Background Conventional HIV testing services have been less comprehensive in reaching men than in reaching women globally, but HIV self-testing (HIVST) appears to be an acceptable alternative.
A. Choko, E. Corbett, N. Stallard, H. Maheswaran, A. Lépine, C. Johnson, Doreen Sakala, T. Kalua, M. Kumwenda, R. Hayes, K. Fielding   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Women’s income and risk of intimate partner violence: secondary findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised trial in North-Western Tanzania

BMC Public Health, 2019
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is pervasive throughout the world, with profound consequences for women’s health. While women’s ‘economic empowerment’ is touted as a potential means to reduce IPV, evidence is mixed as to the role of different economic ...
T. Abramsky, S. Lees, H. Stöckl, S. Harvey, Imma Kapinga, Meghna Ranganathan, G. Mshana, S. Kapiga   +7 more
semanticscholar   +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

We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland—study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2019
Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The ‘We Can Quit2’ (WCQ2) study is a pilot pragmatic two-arm, parallel-group, cluster randomised trial ...
Catherine Hayes, Aurelia Ciblis, Catherine Darker, Nadine Dougall, Joanne Vance, Nicola O’Connell, Fiona Dobbie, Kirsty Loudon, Emma Burke, Declan Devane, Linda Bauld   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source