Accounting for a decaying correlation structure in cluster randomized trials with continuous recruitment

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1918-1934

  Grantham, Kelsey L ^a   Kasza, Jessica ^a   Heritier, Stephane ^a   Hemming, Karla ^b   Forbes, Andrew B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical trial design; cluster randomized trial; crossover design; sample size; stepped wedge design; within cluster correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECAYING CORRELATION STRUCTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT, HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85060340033     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.8089     Document Type: Article

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