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Transfer of manualized CBT for social phobia into clinical practice (SOPHO-PRAX) : a study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is generally known to be efficacious in the treatment of social phobia when applied in RCT's, namely when the treatment manual is based on the Clark-Wells approach.
Crawcour, Stephen, Ginzburg, Denise, Hoyer, Jürgen, Leibing, Eric, Stangier, Ulrich, Wiltink, Jörg   +5 more
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Cluster randomised trials in the medical literature: two bibliometric surveys [PDF]

, 2004
Background: Several reviews of published cluster randomised trials have reported that about half did not take clustering into account in the analysis, which was thus incorrect and potentially misleading.
A Donner, A Donner, A Donner, C Emslie, CM Wright, CR Elley, D Nutbeam, DG Altman, DG Altman, DM Murray, E Rink, G Meyer, J Cornfield, J Martin Bland, JCFM Wetsteyn, JM Bland, JM Bland, JM Simpson, MAH Russell, MJ Gardner, MJ Gardner, MK Campbell, P Isaakidis, S Puffer, SM Eldridge, SM Kerry, SM Kerry, SM Kerry, SP Varnell   +28 more
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Setting priorities to inform assessment of care homes’ readiness to participate in healthcare innovation: a systematic mapping review and consensus process [PDF]

, 2020
© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citedOrganisational ...
Bunn, F., Corazzini, K., Dening, T., Goodman, C., Gordon, A. L., Handley, M., Lynch, J, Meyer, J., Sharpe, R.   +8 more
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Ethical Challenges of Randomized Violence Intervention Trials: Examining the SHARE intervention in Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]

, 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, Namatovu, Fredinah, Paul, Amy, Ssekubugu, Robert, Wagman, Jennifer A   +4 more
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The effect of cluster size variability on statistical power in cluster-randomized trials. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The frequency of cluster-randomized trials (CRTs) in peer-reviewed literature has increased exponentially over the past two decades. CRTs are a valuable tool for studying interventions that cannot be effectively implemented or randomized at the ...
Stephen A Lauer, Ken P Kleinman, Nicholas G Reich   +2 more
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Design-Based Ratio Estimators and Central Limit Theorems for Clustered, Blocked RCTs

, 2021
This article develops design-based ratio estimators for clustered, blocked randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with an application to a federally funded, school-based RCT testing the effects of behavioral health interventions.
Kautz, Tim, Miratrix, Luke W., Pashley, Nicole E., Schochet, Peter Z.   +3 more
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Impact of early initiation versus national standard of care of antiretroviral therapy in Swaziland's public sector health system : study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized trial [PDF]

, 2017
Background: There is robust clinical evidence to support offering early access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) to all HIV-positive individuals, irrespective of disease stage, to both improve patient health outcomes and reduce HIV incidence. However, as
Barnighausen, Till, Delva, Wim, Fleming, Yvette, Khumalo, Gavin, Lejeune, Charlotte L, Mazibuko, Sikhathele, Mlambo, Charmaine Khudzie, Okello, Velephi, Reis, Ria, Spiegelman, Donna, Walsh, Fiona J, Zwane, Mandisa   +11 more
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Health equity considerations in pragmatic trials in Alzheimer's and dementia disease: Results from a methodological review

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2023
Introduction To improve dementia care delivery for persons across all backgrounds, it is imperative that health equity is integrated into pragmatic trials. Methods We reviewed 62 pragmatic trials of people with dementia published 2014 to 2019.
Stuart G. Nicholls, Ahmed A. Al‐Jaishi, Harrison Niznick, Kelly Carroll, Mohamad Tarek Madani, Katherine D. Peak, Leen Madani, Pascale Nevins, Lionel Adisso, Fan Li, Charles Weijer, Susan L. Mitchell, Vivian Welch, Ana R. Quiñones, Monica Taljaard   +14 more
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Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards using the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life : study protocol for a phase 3 cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The Care Programme for the Last Days of Life has been developed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards.
Cohen, Joachim, Costantini, Massimo, Deliens, Luc, Smets, Tinne, Van Den Noortgate, Nele, Verhofstede, Rebecca   +5 more
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Randomized controlled trials in de-implementation research: a systematic scoping review

Implementation Science, 2022
Background Healthcare costs are rising, and a substantial proportion of medical care is of little value. De-implementation of low-value practices is important for improving overall health outcomes and reducing costs.
Aleksi J. Raudasoja, Petra Falkenbach, Robin W. M. Vernooij, Jussi M. J. Mustonen, Arnav Agarwal, Yoshitaka Aoki, Marco H. Blanker, Rufus Cartwright, Herney A. Garcia-Perdomo, Tuomas P. Kilpeläinen, Olli Lainiala, Tiina Lamberg, Olli P. O. Nevalainen, Eero Raittio, Patrick O. Richard, Philippe D. Violette, Jorma Komulainen, Raija Sipilä, Kari A. O. Tikkinen   +18 more
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