Analysis of cluster randomized cross-over trial data: A comparison of methods

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 274-289

  Turner, Rebecca M ^a   White, Ian R ^a   Croudace, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Cluster level methods; Cross over design; Hierarchical models

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARENT COUNSELING; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; WELLBEING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33846264508     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2537     Document Type: Article

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