Cluster randomized controlled trial of an infection control education and training intervention program focusing on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes for older people. J Hosp Infect 2010;76:36e41.Baldwin NS, Gilpin DF, Tunney MM, Kearney MP, Crymble L, Cardwell C, Hughes...
tion.Inaclustertrialgroupsofparticipants(suchas generalpracticesorhospitalwards)aretheunitof randomization.Periodsoftimecanalsoformaclus- ter.Thus,weeksofayearmightberandomizedso thataninterventionmightbeimplementedduring 1weekandwithdrawnduringthecontrolweek.The useofclusterrandomization,andappropriatestatis- tical...
A cluster-randomized controlled trial to study the effectiveness of a protocol- based lifestyle program to prevent type 2 diabetes in people with impaired fasting glucose. BMC Fam Pract. 2013;2(14):184.Hesselink AE;Bilo HJ;Jonkers R;.A cluster-randomized controlled trial to study the ...
Health4Life has been evaluated in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in 71 Australian schools (6,639 grade seven students). This study presents intervention effects on secondary outcomes of depressive, anxiety and psychological distress symptoms. Generalized linear mixed-effect analyses of data from ...
The latter finding is inconsistent with previous studies and may be explained by spillover of the intervention to control colleges, other anti-tobacco activity in control colleges, and/or the small sample of dependent ST users enrolled in the study. 展开 ...
Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence agai... Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public health concerns. While it is recognized that they share common s... T ...
Using a longitudinal cluster-randomized controlled design, we examined whether students' reading outcomes differed when they received 1, 2, or 3 years of individualized reading instruction from first through third grade, compared with a treated control group. More than 45% of students came from fami...
This cluster randomized controlled study will enroll approximately 600 farmworkers. Using a uniform distribution for random number generation, ranches are randomized using a 1:1 ratio as either control or intervention. Baseline data will be taken from eligible participants and analyzed against data ...
Method: The Sound Start Study was a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Seventy-nine early childhood centers were invited to participate, 45 were recruited, and 1,205 parents and educators of 4- and 5-year-old children returned questionnaires. Children whose parents and educators had concerns ...
Control group Participants in the control group attended their usual PSHE classes (i.e., they received standard care). In the main phase of the trial, the participants provided data pertaining to the study variables of interest. The measurements in the control schools were scheduled for the same...