Design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-191

  Hussey, Michael A ^a   Hughes, James P ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Prevention trials; Stepped wedge design

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POWER ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEPPED WEDGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33845574387     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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