How to Design, Analyse and Report Cluster Randomised Trials in Medicine and Health Related Research (PDF)

A complete guide to understanding cluster randomised trials

Written by two researchers with extensive experience in the
field, this book presents a complete guide to the design, analysis
and reporting of cluster randomised trials. It spans a wide range
of applications: trials in developing countries, trials in primary
care, trials in the health services. A key feature is the use of R
code and code from other popular packages to plan and analyse
cluster trials, using data from actual trials. The book
contains clear technical descriptions of the models used, and
considers in detail the ethics involved in such trials and the
problems in planning them. For readers and students who do not
intend to run a trial but wish to be a critical reader of the
literature, there are sections on the CONSORT statement, and
exercises in reading published trials.

* Written in a clear, accessible style

* Features real examples taken from the authors' extensive
practitioner experience of designing and analysing clinical
trials

* Demonstrates the use of R, Stata and SPSS for statistical
analysis

* Includes computer code so the reader can replicate all the
analyses

* Discusses neglected areas such as ethics and practical issues
in running cluster randomised trials

How to Design, Analyse and Report Cluster Randomised Trials
in Medicine and Health Related Research provides an excellent
reference tool and can be read with profit by statisticians, health
services researchers, systematic reviewers and critical readers of
cluster randomised trials.