Cluster randomised trials

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-309

  Barbui, C ^a   Cipriani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bias; cluster; methods; randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 80155213571     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796011000515     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Campbell MK, Elbourne DR, Altman DG (2004a). CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials. British Medical Journal 328, 702-708. (Pubitemid 38393415)
2. Campbell MK, Grimshaw JM, Elbourne DR (2004b). Intracluster correlation coefficients in cluster randomized trials: empirical insights into how should they be reported. BMC Medical Research Methodology 4, 9.
3. Campbell MK, Thomson S, Ramsay CR, MacLennan GS, Grimshaw JM (2004c). Sample size calculator for cluster randomized trials. Computers in Biology and Medicine 34, 113-125. (Pubitemid 38221418)
4. Campbell MK, Fayers PM, Grimshaw JM (2005). Determinants of the intracluster correlation coefficient in cluster randomized trials: the case of implementation research. Clinical Trials 2, 99-107. (Pubitemid 40637892)
5. Cipriani A, Barbui C (2010). What is a clinical trial protocol? Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale 19, 116-117.
6. Cipriani A, Nose M, Barbui C (2008). Allocation concealment and blinding in clinical trials. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale 17, 115-116. (Pubitemid 351768905)
7. Eldridge SM, Ashby D, Feder GS, Rudnicka AR, Ukoumunne OC (2004). Lessons for cluster randomized trials in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of trials in primary care. Clinical Trials 1, 80-90.
8. Eldridge S, Ashby D, Bennett C, Wakelin M, Feder G (2008). Internal and external validity of cluster randomised trials: systematic review of recent trials. British Medical Journal 336, 876-880. (Pubitemid 351580011)
9. Eldridge S, Kerry S, Torgerson DJ (2009). Bias in identifying and recruiting participants in cluster randomised trials: what can be done? British Medical Journal 339, b4006.
10. Hahn S, Puffer S, Torgerson DJ, Watson J (2005). Methodological bias in cluster randomised trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology 5, 10.
11. Puffer S, Torgerson D, Watson J (2003). Evidence for risk of bias in cluster randomised trials: review of recent trials published in three general medical journals. British Medical Journal 327, 785-789.
12. Puffer S, Torgerson DJ, Watson J (2005). Cluster randomized controlled trials. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 11, 479-483. (Pubitemid 41376599)
13. Purgato M, Barbui C, Cipriani A (2010). Assessing risk of bias in randomized controlled trials. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale 19, 296-297.