A review of the use of covariates in cluster randomized trials uncovers marked discrepancies between guidance and practice

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 603-609

  Wright, Neil ^a   Ivers, Noah ^b,c   Eldridge, Sandra ^a   Taljaard, Monica ^d,e   Bremner, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjusted analyses; Baseline imbalance; Cluster randomized trials; CONSORT statement; Covariates; Restricted randomization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL; COVARIATE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84928927558     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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