Journal article
Ethical and policy issues in cluster randomized trials: rationale and design of a mixed methods research study
Abstract
BackgroundCluster randomized trials are an increasingly important methodological tool in health research. In cluster randomized trials, intact social units or groups of individuals, such as medical practices, schools, or entire communities – rather than individual themselves – are randomly allocated to intervention or control conditions, while outcomes are then observed on individual cluster members. The substantial methodological differences …
Authors
Taljaard M; Weijer C; Grimshaw JM; Belle Brown J; Binik A; Boruch R; Brehaut JC; Chaudhry SH; Eccles MP; McRae A
Journal
Trials, Vol. 10, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.1186/1745-6215-10-61
ISSN
1468-6708