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Ethical Challenges of Randomized Violence Intervention Trials: Examining the SHARE intervention in Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
ObjectiveWe identify complexities encountered, including unanticipated crossover between trial arms and inadequate 'standard of care' violence services, during a cluster randomized trial (CRT) of a community-level intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV ...
Nalugoda, Fred   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Integrated management of atrial fibrillation in primary care: results of the ALL-IN cluster randomized trial

open access: yesEuropean Heart Journal, 2020
Aims To evaluate whether integrated care for atrial fibrillation (AF) can be safely orchestrated in primary care. Methods and results The ALL-IN trial was a cluster randomized, open-label, pragmatic non-inferiority trial performed in primary care ...
C. J. van den Dries   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Intervention for Prevention of Obesity in Primary School Children in China: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

open access: yesJAMA pediatrics, 2021
Importance A rapid nutritional transition has caused greater childhood obesity prevalence in many countries, but the repertoire of effective preventive interventions remains limited.
Zheng Liu   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A pragmatic, multi-centered, stepped wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial pilot of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a complex Stroke Oral healthCare intervention pLan Evaluation II (SOCLE II) compared with usual oral healthcare in stroke wards [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND: Patients with stroke-associated pneumonia experience poorer outcomes (increased hospital stays, costs, discharge dependency, and risk of death).
Bain, Brenda Jean   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Intracluster correlation coefficients in cluster randomized trials: empirical insights into how should they be reported

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2004
Background Increasingly, researchers are recognizing that there are many situations where the use of a cluster randomized trial may be more appropriate than an individually randomized trial.
Grimshaw Jeremy M   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A participatory physical and psychosocial intervention for balancing the demands and resources among industrial workers (PIPPI): study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Need for recovery and work ability are strongly associated with high employee turnover, well-being and sickness absence. However, scientific knowledge on effective interventions to improve work ability and decrease need for recovery is scarce.
A Garde   +81 more
core   +1 more source

Randomization-Based Confidence Intervals for Cluster Randomized Trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In a cluster randomized trial (CRT), groups of people are randomly assigned to different interventions. Existing parametric and semiparametric methods for CRTs rely on distributional assumptions or a large number of clusters to maintain nominal ...
Rabideau, Dustin J, Wang, Rui
core   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesBMC 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for Prevention of Covid-19

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Background Current strategies for preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are limited to nonpharmacologic interventions.
O. Mitjà   +48 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Informational-Based and Text Message Reminders on Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccinations in Hospital Emergency Departments: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesVaccines, 2021
Objectives. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted procedure in improving pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations 6 months after an emergency department (ED) visit among patients aged 65 years and older. Methods.
Sarah Tubiana   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

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