Appropriate statistical methods were infrequently used in cluster-randomized crossover trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-50

  Arnup, Sarah J ^a   Forbes, Andrew B ^a   Kahan, Brennan C ^b   Morgan, Katy E ^c   McKenzie, Joanne E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Cluster randomized crossover trial; Crossover; Design; Sample size; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CINAHL; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER TRIA; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84960871960     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.11.013     Document Type: Review

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