Intraclass correlation coefficients for cluster randomized trials in primary care: Data from the MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 409-421

  Smeeth, Liam ^a   Ng, Edmond Siu Woon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Intraclass correlation coefficients; Power; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERIATRIC CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0036344309     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(02)00208-8     Document Type: Article

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