To the Editors: The stepped wedge design is a new type of randomized controlled trial (RCT), which is increasingly being used, especially in the evaluation of service delivery interventions (SDIs). Kotz et al. have recently criticized a number of the advantages that are often cited as being ...
答案是:阶梯设计(the stepped-wedge design) 阶梯设计多用于整群随机试验,评价“利大于弊”的干预措施,尤其在健康教育、免疫接种、筛检、医护人员培训等领域使用较多。这种设计通常不设置专门的对照组,随着试验的进行,各个组都会按照随机结果先后接受这种干预措施。这样就...
Stepped wedge design (SWD) is a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) design that sequentially rolls out intervention to all clusters at varying time points. Being a relatively new design method, reporting quality has yet to be explored, and this review will seek to fill this gap in knowle...
In a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial, clusters receive the intervention at different time points, and the order in which they received it is randomised. Previous systematic reviews of stepped wedge trials have documented a steady rise in their use between 1987 and 2010, which was attribute...
We believe a large-scale, multi-site stepped-wedge RCT is needed to evaluate crowdsourcing’s ability to be effective in the complex context of local settings. Several limitations should be considered when conducting crowdsourced interventions. First, the use of social media for contest promotion ...
Feasibility of a stepped-wedge (cluster) randomized controlled trial (SWRCT) assessing the effect of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) interv... L Lund,L Ross,G Ewing,... - 《Palliative Medicine》 被引量: 0发表: 2020年 Prevention of AcuTe admIssioN algorithm (PATINA): study...
RCT: Random control trial STIs: Sexually transmitted infections SWT: Stepped wedge trial SYSU: Sun Yat-sen University UAI: Unprotected anal intercourse UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS UniTest Study: University Student HIV Test Intervention Study WHO: World Health Orga...
Discussion This sizeable prospective stepped-wedge cluster RCT implemented a sleep health literacy program for children and parents in Head Start. Assessment of child sleep duration, child sleep difficulties, and parent KASB score outcomes at 9 and 12 months of follow-up failed to show clinically me...
In this stepped-wedge design, every participant knows that he or she will receive an intervention, and the researchers know that no one will be left without treatment, which is not the case in conventional RCT [43]. The request for pain-management group activity originates with the patients...
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION CARE: A STEPPED WEDGE RCT WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSdoi:10.1093/geroni/igae098.0459For the past several years, our community-academic partnership has been collaborating with community-based social service and mental health organizations in Washington and ...