Cluster Randomized Trials References

Cluster Randomized Trials References

Books:

Cluster Randomised Trials

Richard J. Hayes Lawrence H. Moulton

(Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics)

Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Health Research

Allan Donner, Neil Klar

(Hodder Arnold Publication)

Articles:

Int J Epidemiol. 1999 Apr;28(2):319-26.

Simple sample size calculation for cluster-randomized trials.

Hayes RJ, Bennett S.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10342698

Stat Methods Med Res. 2011 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Efficient design of cluster randomized and multicentre trials with unknown intraclass correlation.

van Breukelen GJ, Candel MJ.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21937473

Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;32(5):840-6.

Comparison of methods for analysing cluster randomized trials: an example involving a factorial design.

Peters TJ, Richards SH, Bankhead CR, Ades AE, Sterne JA.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14559762

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2006 Apr 12;6:17.

Planning a cluster randomized trial with unequal cluster sizes: practical issues involving continuous outcomes.

Guittet L, Ravaud P, Giraudeau B.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16611355

Comput Biol Med. 2004 Mar;34(2):113-25.

Sample size calculator for cluster randomized trials.

Campbell MK, Thomson S, Ramsay CR, MacLennan GS, Grimshaw JM.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14972631

Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Nov 1;158(9):921-6.

Evaluation of cluster randomized controlled trials in sub-Saharan Africa.

Isaakidis P, Ioannidis JP.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14585770

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