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Integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa (INTE-AFRICA): a pragmatic cluster-randomised, controlled trial.

The Lancet, 2023
BACKGROUND In sub-Saharan Africa, health-care provision for chronic conditions is fragmented. The aim of this study was to determine whether integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension led to improved rates of retention in care for people ...
S. Kivuyo, Josephine Birungi, J. Okebe, Duolao Wang, K. Ramaiya, Samafilan Ainan, Faith Tumuhairwe, Simple Ouma, I. Namakoola, A. Garrib, E. Widenfelt, Gerald Mutungi, G. A. Jaoude, Neha Batura, Joshua Musinguzi, M. Ssali, B. Etukoit, K. Mugisha, M. Shimwela, O. Ubuguyu, Abel Makubi, C. Jeffery, Stephen Watiti, J. Skordis, L. Cuevas, Nelson K. Sewankambo, G. Gill, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Peter G. Smith, M. Bachmann, J. Lazarus, S. Mfinanga, Moffat J. Nyirenda, S. Jaffar, Eleanor Baptista, Katie Bates, Geoff Combe, Walter Cullen, S. G. Hinderaker, Faith Moyo, C. Picchio, Elizabeth H Shayo, Hazel Snell, M. V. Hout, Jonathan Willitts   +44 more
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Children overcoming picky eating (COPE) – A cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

Appetite, 2020
Food neophobia limits dietary variety in children and adults. Interventions to alleviate the impact of neophobia on children's dietary variety have had varying success. The potential effectiveness of mindfulness, a process of bringing awareness to the present moment, has received little attention.
Bennett, Carmel, Copello, Alex, Jones, Christopher, Blissett, Jackie   +3 more
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GP-delivered medication review of polypharmacy, deprescribing, and patient priorities in older people with multimorbidity in Irish primary care (SPPiRE Study): A cluster randomised controlled trial

PLoS Medicine, 2022
Background There is a rising prevalence of multimorbidity, particularly in older patients, and a need for evidence-based medicines management interventions for this population.
C. McCarthy, B. Clyne, F. Boland, F. Moriarty, M. Flood, E. Wallace, Susan M. Smith   +6 more
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Effectiveness of an intervention for reducing sitting time and improving health in office workers: three arm cluster randomised controlled trial

British medical journal, 2022
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention, with and without a height adjustable desk, on daily sitting time, and to investigate the relative effectiveness of the two interventions, and the effectiveness of both interventions on physical
C. Edwardson, S. Biddle, S. Clemes, M. Davies, D. Dunstan, H. Eborall, M. Granat, L. Gray, G. Healy, N. B. Jaicim, Sarah Lawton, B. Maylor, F. Munir, G. Richardson, T. Yates, A. Clarke-Cornwell   +15 more
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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
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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
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The EMPOWER blended digital intervention for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in Scotland and Australia.

Lancet psychiatry, 2022
BACKGROUND Early warning signs monitoring by service users with schizophrenia has shown promise in preventing relapse but the quality of evidence is low.
A. Gumley, Simon Bradstreet, J. Ainsworth, S. Allan, M. Alvarez-Jimenez, L. Aucott, M. Birchwood, A. Briggs, S. Bucci, S. Cotton, Lidia Engel, P. French, Reeva M. Lederman, Shôn Lewis, M. Machin, G. Maclennan, H. Mcleod, N. McMeekin, C. Mihalopoulos, Emma Morton, J. Norrie, M. Schwannauer, S. Singh, S. Sundram, A. Thompson, C. Williams, A. Yung, J. Farhall, J. Gleeson   +28 more
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Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomised noninferiority trial

PLOS Medicine, 2021
Background Scabies is a neglected tropical disease hyperendemic to many low- and middle-income countries. Scabies can be successfully controlled using mass drug administration (MDA) using 2 doses of ivermectin-based treatment. If effective, a strategy of 1-dose ivermectin-based MDA would have substantial advantages for implementing MDA for scabies at ...
Myra Hardy, Josaia Samuela, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Lucia Romani, Margot J. Whitfeld, Christopher L. King, Gary J. Weil, Tibor Schuster, Anneke C. Grobler, Daniel Engelman, Leanne J. Robinson, John M. Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer   +13 more
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Recruiting general practitioners and patients with dementia into a cluster randomised controlled trial: strategies, barriers and facilitators

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Recruitment of general practitioners (GPs) and their patients is reported as one of the most challenging steps when undertaking primary care research. The present paper describes the recruitment process of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Sonia Lech, Julie L. O’Sullivan, Leonard Wellmann, Juliana Supplieth, Susanne Döpfmer, Paul Gellert, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Johanna Nordheim   +7 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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