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A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research
Sandra Eldridge
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Description for A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research
Hardcover. This book addresses the statistical, practical, and ethical issues arising from allocating groups of individuals, or clusters, to different interventions. Series: Statistics in Practice. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Cluster randomised trials are trials in which groups (or clusters) of individuals are randomly allocated to different forms of treatment. In health care, these trials often compare different ways of managing a disease or promoting healthy living, in contrast to conventional randomised trials which randomise individuals to different treatments, classically comparing new drugs with a placebo. They are increasingly common in health services research. This book addresses the statistical, practical, and ethical issues arising from allocating groups of individuals, or clusters, to different interventions.
Cluster randomised trials are trials in which groups (or clusters) of individuals are randomly allocated to different forms of treatment. In health care, these trials often compare different ways of managing a disease or promoting healthy living, in contrast to conventional randomised trials which randomise individuals to different treatments, classically comparing new drugs with a placebo. They are increasingly common in health services research. This book addresses the statistical, practical, and ethical issues arising from allocating groups of individuals, or clusters, to different interventions.
Key features:
- Guides readers through the stages of conducting a trial, from recruitment to reporting.
- Presents ... Read more
- Topics are specifically presented in the order in which investigators think about issues when they are designing a trial.
- Combines information on the latest developments in the field together with a practical guide to the design and implementation of cluster randomised trials.
- Explains principles and techniques through numerous examples including many from the authors own experience.
- Includes a wide range of references for those who wish to read further.
This book is intended as a practical guide, written for researchers from the health professions including doctors, psychologists, and allied health professionals, as well as statisticians involved in the design, execution, analysis and reporting of cluster randomised trials. Those with a more general interest will find the plentiful examples illuminating.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Series
Statistics in Practice
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470510476
SKU
V9780470510476
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99-50
About Sandra Eldridge
Sandra Eldridge – Senior Lecturer, Medical Statistics, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Dr Eldridge is well experienced in designing and analyzing high quality cluster randomized trials, having worked on ten such trials since the mid 1990s. An award-winning speaker on randomized trials, Dr Eldridge has given numerous presentations in many settings and conferences over the last seven years. ... Read more
Reviews for A Practical Guide to Cluster Randomised Trials in Health Services Research
“There are several unique strengths to this book. In particular the authors are very experienced statisticians having worked for many years in the design and analysis of cluster randomized trials and have written excellent methodological articles many of which are cited in their book.” (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2012)