cluster-randomised trial
Prescriber and patient-oriented behavioural interventions to improve use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Tanzania: facility-based cluster randomised trial
... stratified cluster-randomised trial was conducted in 36 primary healthcare facilities from September 2010 to March 2012 within two rural districts in northeast Tanzania where malaria transmission has ...
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Targeted combination prevention to support female sex workers in Zimbabwe accessing and adhering to antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of HIV (SAPPH IRe): a cluster randomised trial
... larger trial over a longer period but there were resource ...our trial could be due to chance, the weak evidence of effect among HV positive sex workers is tantalizing and potentially ...other ...
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EQUIPTT: The Evaluation of the QUiPP app for Triage and Transfer protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of the QUiPP app on inappropriate management for threatened preterm labour
... Background: Accurate diagnosis of preterm labour is needed to ensure correct management of those most at risk of preterm birth and to prevent the maternal and fetal risks incurred by unnecessary interventions given to ...
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Promoting Recruitment using Information Management Efficiently (PRIME): statistical analysis plan for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial within the REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART)
... parallel-group, cluster randomised trial ...the trial, whilst the expected burden on these sites was perceived to be ...this trial as a result of high variability in average recruitment ...
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Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial
... limitation that the same children we not measured at baseline and 18 months. Also, we do not know what proportion of the children in each village attended for weighing and measuring. However longitudinal data from the ...
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Evaluation of an interactive program for preventing adverse drug events in primary care: study protocol of the InPAct cluster randomised stepped wedge trial
... within- cluster correlation, to use both within-cluster and between-cluster information, and to take into account any evolution of the intervention effect over ...a cluster randomised ...
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Feasibility of a stepped wedge cluster RCT and concurrent observational sub-study to evaluate the effects of modified ward night lighting on inpatient fall rates and sleep quality: a protocol for a pilot trial
... the cluster RCT, we are constrained by the available funding as to the number of wards that can be included in the pilot trial (six) and period for which data can be collected (14 months), and hence, the ...
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Educational outreach to general practitioners reduces children's asthma symptoms: a cluster randomised controlled trial
... a cluster randomised trial with general practices as the unit of intervention, randomisation, and ...Practices randomised to intervention (21) received two 30-minute educational outreach ...
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Cascade diagrams for depicting complex interventions in randomised trials
... a cluster randomised trial in which the intervention is aimed at cluster (practice) level, its effects then being cascaded down to individual ...
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Poor uptake of an online intervention in a cluster randomised controlled trial of online diabetes education for rural general practitioners
... This cluster randomised trial com- menced in 2010, and aimed to use objective administra- tive data to examine the effectiveness of online diabetes CME and additional intervention strategies at the ...
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Alternative forms of hydration in patients with cancer in the last days of life: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... a cluster randomised trial to assess the feasibility of conducting an adequately powered, randomised controlled trial of clinically assisted hydration in patients with cancer in the ...
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Implementation of a multicomponent intervention to prevent physical restraints in nursing home residents (IMPRINT): study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial
... estimated cluster-adjusted using the intra-class correlation coeffi- cient (ICCC) ...PR. Cluster is a random effect, in a secondary model the interaction cluster*time is also included as a further ...
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Improving care at scale: process evaluation of a multi-component quality improvement intervention to reduce mortality after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH trial)
... the trial intervention and the required ...the trial, only 15 (21%) described active executive board support for the quality improvement work related to EPOCH ...
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Efficacy of a compulsory homework programme for increasing physical activity and improving nutrition in children: a cluster randomised controlled trial
... past randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was criti- cised in a 2013 Cochrane Review and judged at moderate risk of bias—a reliance on self-reported outcomes, absence of longer term follow-up, lack of blinding, and ...
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Quality of intervention delivery in a cluster randomised controlled trial: a qualitative observational study with lessons for implementation fidelity
... It has been argued that to evaluate fidelity properly it is necessary to examine not only the various components of fidelity, but also the factors that affect fidelity, as this can explain how interventions are delivered ...
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Protocol of the Low Birth Weight South Asia Trial (LBWSAT), a cluster randomised controlled trial testing impact on birth weight and infant nutrition of Participatory Learning and Action through women’s groups, with and without unconditional transfers of fortified food or cash during pregnancy in Nepal
... with trial data to estimate the cost per year of life lost, death averted and DALY ...the trial to facilitate a full exposition of the methods and ...
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Prehospital randomised assessment of a mechanical compression device in cardiac arrest (PaRAMeDIC) trial protocol
... All analyses will be by intention to treat, and all esti- mates will be adjusted to account for the cluster ran- domised design. Dichotomous outcomes (survival to 30 days, hospital discharge, 3 months and 12 ...
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Improving patient adherence to lifestyle advice (IMPALA): a cluster randomised controlled trial on the implementation of a nurse led intervention for cardiovascular risk management in primary care (protocol)
... multiple trial arms and large numbers of practices and patients, and turn it into an unfeasible ...the trial will be documented in a process evaluation, which will give further information on the impact of ...
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Evaluation of the impact of school gardening interventions on children's knowledge of and attitudes towards fruit and vegetables: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
... this trial produced limited evidence that gardening activity packages led by external specialists (RHS-led) provide additional benefits over those led by teachers trained by the ...
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Protocol for a phase III pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of screening and guidelines with, versus without, implementation strategies for improving pain in adults with cancer attending outpatient oncology and palliative care services: the Stop Cancer PAIN trial
... this trial by Natalie Marie, Mary-Rose Birch, Anna Green and ...the trial ’ s Executive Committee responsible for overseeing the project, including: A/Prof Melanie Lovell (Chair), Prof Meera Agar, ...
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