Different methods to analyze stepped wedge trial designs revealed different aspects of intervention effects

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-83

  Twisk, J W R ^a   Hoogendijk, E O ^a,b   Zwijsen, S A ^a   De Boer, M R ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baseline adjustment; Intervention; Longitudinal studies; Statistical methods; Stepped wedge trial design; Time adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHEN MANSFIELD AGITATION INVENTORY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEPPED WEDGE TRIAL DESIGN; STUDY DESIGN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME FACTOR;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961056538     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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