A school-based intervention to improve mental health outcomes for children with cerebral visual impairment (CVI): feasibility cluster randomised trial

Authors: Cathy Williams, Anna Pease, Trudy Goodenough, Katie Breheny, Beverly Shirkey, Rose Watanabe, Parisa Sinai, Manmita Rai, Innes C. Cuthill, Mark Mumme, Andrew W. Boyd, Cassandra Wye, Chris Metcalfe, Daisy Gaunt, Kate Barnes, Siobhan Rattigan, Stephanie West, John Ferris, Jay Self

Source: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2025)

Subject Terms: Cluster randomised trial, Feasibility trial, Cerebral visual impairment, Children, Special educational needs (SEN), Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5784

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SENSE-Cog Residential Care: hearing and vision support for residents with dementia in long-term care in Ireland—protocol for a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial

Authors: J. P. Connelly, Erin Boland, Brenda Buckley, Niall Curley, Amr El Refaie, Miriam Galvin, Matthew Gibb, Liz Graham, Brendan Lennon, Alejandro Lopez Valdes, Ann-Michelle Mullally, Nicole Müller, Janice Nolan-Palmer, Gerald O’ Nolan, Cíara O’Reilly, Valeria Raaft Rezk, Helen Rochford-Brennan, Katy Tobin, Helen Tormey, Dominic Trépel, Iracema Leroi

Source: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2025)

Subject Terms: Dementia, Hearing impairment, Vision impairment, Complex intervention, Cluster-randomised controlled trial, Non-pharmacological intervention, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5784

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An empowerment programme to improve diet quality during pregnancy – the Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy cluster randomised controlled trial

Authors: Renske M. van Lonkhuijzen, Jeanne H. M. de Vries, Elske Brouwer-Brolsma, Susanne Cremers, Janine P. M. Faessen, Edith J. M. Feskens, Annemarie Wagemakers

Source: BMC Public Health, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2025)

Subject Terms: Pregnancy, Diet quality, Empowerment, Cluster randomised controlled trial, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458

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Care bundles to improve enteral nutrition management in stroke patients: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

Authors: Cong Wang, Shanshan Liu, Shiqi Jia, Cai Yan, Xue Zhang, Yuan liu, Liang Du, Yan Jiang

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Stroke, Enteral nutrition, Patient care bundles, Feeding intolerance, Stepped wedge cluster randomised trial, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Promoting healthy practices among schools and children in rural bangladesh: a randomised controlled trial of skill-based health education

Authors: Makiko Omura, Mohini Venkatesh, Ikhtiar Khandaker, Md. Ataur Rahman

Source: BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024)

Subject Terms: Cluster randomised-controlled trial (RCT), Field experiment, Cross-cutting/factorial design, Skill-based health education (SBHE), Primary school hygiene, Child health practices, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458

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A website for cluster randomised trials including stepped wedge: facilitating quality trials and methodological research

Authors: Claire L. Chan, Clémence Leyrat, James Martin, Jennifer Thompson, Elizabeth L. Turner, Sandra M. Eldridge

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2024)

Subject Terms: Cluster randomised trial, Group randomised trial, Stepped wedge, Website, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Process evaluation of a breastfeeding support intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding and reduce social inequity: a mixed-methods study in a cluster-randomised trial

Authors: Henriette Knold Rossau, Anne Kristine Gadeberg, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Ingrid Maria Susanne Nilsson, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen

Source: International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-22 (2024)

Subject Terms: Complex interventions, Process evaluation, Cluster-randomised trial, Implementation, Breastfeeding, Health visiting, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-9276

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A systematic review of sample size estimation accuracy on power in malaria cluster randomised trials measuring epidemiological outcomes

Authors: Joseph Biggs, Joseph D. Challenger, Joel Hellewell, Thomas S. Churcher, Jackie Cook

Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Subject Terms: Malaria, Cluster randomised trial, Sample size, Heterogeneity, Coefficient of variation, Intracluster correlation coefficient, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2288

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Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial

Authors: Melissa Washington-Nortey, Vibian Angwenyi, Mekdes Demissie, Eva Mwangome, Tigist Eshetu, Hanna Negussie, Kimberley Goldsmith, Andrew Healey, Merga Feyasa, Girmay Medhin, Amanuel Belay, Temesgen Azmeraw, Medhanit Getachew, Rahel Birhane, Carophine Nasambu, Tsegereda Haile Kifle, Angela Kairu, Beatrice Mkubwa, Fikirte Girma, Rehana Abdurahman, Ruth Tsigebrhan, Liya Tesfaye, Leonard Mbonani, Nadine Seward, Tony Charman, Andrew Pickles, Erica Salomone, Chiara Servili, Edwine Barasa, Charles R. Newton, Charlotte Hanlon, Amina Abubakar, Rosa A. Hoekstra

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-22 (2024)

Subject Terms: Children, Developmental disabilities, World Health Organization, Caregiver Skills Training, Cluster randomised controlled trial, Ethiopia, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT

Authors: Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

Source: Programme Grants for Applied Research, Vol 13, Iss 01 (2025)

Subject Terms: cognitive impairment, dementia, hip fracture, enhanced recovery pathway, acute hospital, cluster randomised controlled trial, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-4330

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A simple and effective method for simulating nested exchangeable correlated binary data for longitudinal cluster randomised trials

Authors: Rhys A. Bowden, Jessica Kasza, Andrew B. Forbes

Source: BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Simulation, Correlated binary random variables, Nested exchangeable correlation structure, Longitudinal cluster randomised trials, Block exchangeable correlation structure, Hierarchical models, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2288

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Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of PRoGRAM-A (preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents): a secondary school-based social network intervention

Authors: Fiona Dobbie, Martine Miller, Heather Wardle, Lucia Dahlby, Christopher Weir, Angela Niven, Andrew Stoddart, David Griffiths, Ashley Lee, Sally Good, Leon Noble, James White

Source: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Gambling-related harms, School intervention, Cluster randomised trial, Process evaluation, Adolescent, Peer-supporters, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5784

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Community health promotion and medical provision and impact on neonates (CHAMPION2) and support to rural India’s public education system and impact on numeracy and literacy scores (STRIPES2): an update to the study protocol (v 11) for a cluster randomised trial in Madhya Pradesh, India

Authors: Siddharudha Shivalli, Ila Fazzio, Chris Frost, Diana Elbourne, Nicholas Magill, Dropti Sharma, Sajjan Singh Shekhawat, Rukmini Banerji, Sridevi Karnati, Harshavardhan Reddy, Padmanabh Reddy, Rakhi Nair, Madan Gopal, Peter Boone

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)

Subject Terms: Cluster randomised controlled trial, India, Neonatal mortality, Immediate neonatal care, Postnatal care, Maternal mortality, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Statistical analysis plan for cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study

Authors: Laura Quinn, James Martin, Evans Asamane, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Richard J. Lilford, Lacina Traore, Jacqueline Thompson, Samuel I. Watson, Karla Hemming

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Statistical analysis plan, Cluster randomised controlled trial, Food safety and hygiene, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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Growing up without violence (GWV): Study protocol for a cluster randomised trial and process evaluation of a school-based intervention preventing adolescent sexual exploitation in Brazil

Authors: Kiss, Ligia ^{a, ⁎}, Iuliano, Agnese ^a, Portella, Ana Paula ^b, Paiva, Heloína ^b, Pires, Malini ^a, Leurent, Baptiste ^c

Source: In Contemporary Clinical Trials March 2025 150

A complex intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing in rural China: a cluster randomised controlled trialResearch in context

Authors: Xingrong Shen, Beth Stuart, Enci Cui, Rong Liu, Tingting Zhang, Jing Chai, Wenjuan Cong, Xiaowen Hu, Isabel Oliver, Guiqing Yao, Paul Little, Helen Lambert, Lucy Yardley, Christie Cabral, Debin Wang

Source: The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, Vol 53, Iss , Pp 101236- (2024)

Subject Terms: Antibiotics, Prescribing, Cluster randomised controlled trial, Respiratory infection, Primary care, China, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266660652400230X; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-6065

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Midwifery-led antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL research programme including a feasibility and pilot cluster RCT

Authors: Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Jean Hay-Smith, Jon Bishop, Eleni Gkini, Karla Hemming, Sara Webb, Mark Pearson, Tim Coleman, Rohini Terry, Libby Edwards, Helena Frawley, Eivor Oborn, Sarah Dean

Source: Programme Grants for Applied Research, Vol 12, Iss 09 (2024)

Subject Terms: urinary incontinence, pelvic floor muscle exercises, antenatal, postnatal, midwives, feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, prevention and treatment, behaviour change, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2050-4330

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Effects of brief family psychoeducation on family caregiver burden of people with schizophrenia provided by psychiatric visiting nurses: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Authors: Naonori Yasuma, Sayaka Sato, Sosei Yamaguchi, Asami Matsunaga, Takuma Shiozawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kotaro Imamura, Daisuke Nishi, Chiyo Fujii, Norito Kawakami

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Subject Terms: Caregiver burden, Schizophrenia, Brief family psychoeducation, Cluster randomised controlled trial, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

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Update to: Assessing the efficacy of male Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments to reduce dengue incidence in Singapore

Authors: Jue Tao Lim, Diyar Mailepessov, Chee-Seng Chong, Chia-Chen Chang, Borame Dickens, Yee Ling Lai, Lu Deng, Caleb Lee, Li Yun Tan, Grace Chain, Soon Hoe Ho, Muhammad Faizal Zulkifli, Jonathan Liew, Kathryn Vasquez, Vernon Lee, Judith Chui Ching Wong, Shuzhen Sim, Cheong Huat Tan, Lee Ching Ng

Source: Trials, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2024)

Subject Terms: Dengue, Wolbachia, Cluster-randomised controlled trial, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215

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LLIN Evaluation in Uganda Project (LLINEUP)–effects of a vector control trial on Plasmodium infection prevalence and genotypic markers of insecticide resistance in Anopheles vectors from 48 districts of Uganda

Authors: Amy Lynd, Samuel Gonahasa, Sarah G. Staedke, Ambrose Oruni, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Penelope A. Hancock, Erin Knight, Grant Dorsey, Jimmy Opigo, Adoke Yeka, Agaba Katureebe, Mary Kyohere, Janet Hemingway, Moses R. Kamya, Daniel McDermott, Eric R. Lucas, Martin J. Donnelly

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Malaria, Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), Piperonyl butoxide (PBO), Uganda, Cluster-randomised trial, Insecticide resistance, Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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