Intraclass correlation coefficients for cluster randomized trials in primary care: The cholesterol education and research trial (CEART)

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-267

  Parker, Donna R ^a,b   Evangelou, Evangelos ^a,b   Eaton, Charles B ^a,c  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Intraclass correlation coefficients; Primary care

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 18844438646     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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