A simple sample size formula for analysis of covariance in cluster randomized trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2169-2178

  Teerenstra, Steven ^a   Eldridge, Sandra ^b   Graff, Maud ^a   de Hoop, Esther ^a   Borm, George F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Cluster randomization; Power; Pretest posttest; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84865285431     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5352     Document Type: Article

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