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A website for cluster randomised trials including stepped wedge: facilitating quality trials and methodological research

Trials
Background A cluster randomised trial is a randomised controlled trial in which groups of individuals (clusters) are randomised to treatment arms.
Claire L. Chan, Clémence Leyrat, James Martin, Jennifer Thompson, Elizabeth L. Turner, Sandra M. Eldridge   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare the “Taste & See” Programme—A Church-Based Programme to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food—With a Wait-List Control

Religions, 2018
(1) Background: Obesity is strongly associated with poor mental-health. Spiritual and religious wellbeing is associated with improved mental well-being and reduced emotional eating.
Deborah Lycett
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology : review of random sample of 300 trials, 2000-8 [PDF]

, 2011
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Bennett, C, Boruch, R F, Brehaut, J C, Dixon, S, Donner, A, Eccles, M P, Grimshaw, J M, Ivers, N M, McRae, A, Skea, Z, Taleban, J, Taljaard, M, Weijer, C, Zwarenstein, M   +13 more
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Effectiveness of routine third trimester ultrasonography to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes in low risk pregnancy (the IRIS study): nationwide, pragmatic, multicentre, stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

British medical journal, 2019
Objectives To investigate the effectiveness of routine ultrasonography in the third trimester in reducing adverse perinatal outcomes in low risk pregnancies compared with usual care and the effect of this policy on maternal outcomes and obstetric ...
J. Henrichs, V. Verfaille, P. Jellema, L. Viester, Eva Pajkrt, J. Wilschut, H. E. van der Horst, A. Franx, A. de Jonge   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of vaccine herd protection in a cluster-randomised trial of Vi conjugate vaccine against typhoid fever: results of further analysisResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: A cluster-randomised trial of Vi-tetanus toxoid (Vi-TT) conjugate vaccine conducted in urban Bangladeshi children found a high level of direct protection by Vi-TT but no significant vaccine herd protection.
Farhana Khanam, Deok Ryun Kim, Xinxue Liu, Merryn Voysey, Virginia E. Pitzer, K. Zaman, Andrew J. Pollard, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of post-abortion family planning services on contraceptive practices in China : protocol for a clustered randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2017
Study objectives: To determine whether integrating post-abortion services in hospital settings in China will increase the contraceptive use and decrease repeat abortion rates. Study design: Three-arms cluster randomised controlled trial in which the unit
Li, Jiong, Olsen, Jørn, Temmerman, Marleen, Wang, Shuchen, Zhang, Wei Hong   +4 more
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A brief history of the cluster randomised trial design [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2015
The cluster randomised trial is commonly considered a relatively new research study design.1–3 Here we trace to a few very early reports the idea of comparing interventions applied to groups of individuals, and through the evolution of this idea to the modern-day cluster randomised trial.
Jenny, Moberg, Michael, Kramer
openaire   +2 more sources

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pragmatic pilot cluster randomised control trial of a school-based peer-led anti-smoking intervention for 13-14 year olds in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the process evaluation of a pilot randomised control trial of an anti-smoking intervention for Malaysian 13-14-year olds, conducted in 2011/2012.
Christopher Bridle, Elniee Melson, IPPF/WHR, Ministry of Education, Malaysia, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Peace Corps, PROSTAR, Wolfgang Markham, YPEER   +9 more
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