Stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial designs: a review of reporting quality and design features
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- 作者：Michael J. Grayling ; James M. S. Wason ; Adrian P. Mander
- 关键词：Cluster randomized controlled trial ; Reporting quality ; Review ; Stepped wedge
- 刊名：Trials
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 全文大小：983KB
- 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine, general; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1745-6215
- 卷排序：18
文摘
BackgroundThe stepped wedge (SW) cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) design is being used with increasing frequency. However, there is limited published research on the quality of reporting of SW-CRCTs. We address this issue by conducting a literature review.