Analysis of cluster randomised stepped wedge trials with repeated cross-sectional samples

Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Taljaard, Monica ^b,c   Forbes, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cluster randomised trial; Secular trends; Stepped wedge

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AMNION; BIRTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LABOR INDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AMNION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014384058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1833-7     Document Type: Article

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