Calculating sample sizes for cluster randomized trials: We can keep it simple and efficient!

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1212-1218

  Van Breukelen, Gerard J P ^a   Candel, Math J J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trials; Efficient design; Intraclass correlation; Power; Sample size; Varying cluster sizes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STUDENT T TEST; STUDY DESIGN;

BUDGETS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84866868114     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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