Appropriate statistical methods for analysing partially nested randomised controlled trials with continuous outcomes: a simulation study

Appropriate statistical methods for analysing partially nested randomised controlled trials with continuous outcomes: a simulation study

Abstract Background In individually randomised trials we might expect interventions delivered in groups or by care providers to result in clustering of outcomes for participants treated in the same group or by the same care provider. In partially nested randomised controlled trials (pnRCTs) this clu...

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Main Authors: Jane Candlish, M. Dawn Teare, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Laura Flight, Laura Mandefield, Stephen J. Walters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Clustering
Randomised controlled trial
Partially nested
Partially clustered
Therapist effects
Individually randomised group treatment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-018-0559-x

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