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Clustering by health professional in individually randomised trials [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
Patient outcomes in many randomised trials depend crucially on the health professional delivering the intervention, but the resulting clustering is rarely considered in the analysis Almost all trials that randomise individuals assume that the observed outcomes of participants are independent.
Katherine J, Lee, Simon G, Thompson
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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
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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
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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
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The Good Behaviour Game intervention to improve behavioural and other outcomes for children aged 7–8 years: a cluster RCT

Public Health Research, 2022
Background: Universal, school-based behaviour management interventions can produce meaningful improvements in children’s behaviour and other outcomes. However, the UK evidence base for these remains limited.
Neil Humphrey, Alexandra Hennessey, Patricio Troncoso, Margarita Panayiotou, Louise Black, Kimberly Petersen, Lawrence Wo, Carla Mason, Emma Ashworth, Kirsty Frearson, Jan R Boehnke, Rhys D Pockett, Julia Lowin, David Foxcroft, Michael Wigelsworth, Ann Lendrum   +15 more
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Informative cluster size in cluster-randomised trials: A case study from the TRIGGER trial

Clinical Trials, 2023
Background Recent work has shown that cluster-randomised trials can estimate two distinct estimands: the participant-average and cluster-average treatment effects. These can differ when participant outcomes or the treatment effect depends on the cluster size (termed informative cluster size).
Brennan C Kahan, Fan Li, Bryan Blette, Vipul Jairath, Andrew Copas, Michael Harhay   +5 more
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Statistical analysis plan for the Healthy Hands Project; single centre cluster-randomised clinical trial of a skin care program for the prevention of contact dermatitis in health care workers

Trials, 2018
Background The Healthy Hands Project (HHP) is a randomised clinical trial aiming to determine the effectiveness of an intervention program in the prevention of hand dermatitis in healthcare workers (HCWs).
Maryam Soltanipoor, Sanja Kezic, Judith Sluiter, Rebecca Holman   +3 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
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2004
Objective To determine if a school based educational programme aimed at reducing consumption of carbonated drinks can prevent excessive weight gain in children. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial.
Cavan, David A., James, Janet, Kerr, David, Thomas, Peter   +3 more
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Educational platform trials simulator (EPTS): Software for planning and simulating cluster-randomised, multisite and simple randomised platform trials

SoftwareX
Platform trials offer a robust framework for evaluating multiple interventions simultaneously against a common control group within a single master protocol. Acknowledging their increased importance in the medical and social sciences, including education,
Mohammad Sayari, Akansha Singh, Germaine Uwimpuhwe, Nasima Akhter, Tahani Coolen-Maturi, Rashmika Gupta, Jochen Einbeck   +6 more
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