Comparison of Bayesian and classical methods in the analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with a binary outcome: The community hypertension assessment trial (CHAT)

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Jinhui ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^b   Chambers, Larry ^c   Dolovich, Lisa ^a   Karwalajtys, Tina ^a   Levitt, Cheryl ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67651230708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-37     Document Type: Article

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