Confidence interval construction for effect measures arising from cluster randomization trials

A Donner; N Klar

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(93)90050-b

Confidence interval construction for effect measures arising from cluster randomization trials

J Clin Epidemiol. 1993 Feb;46(2):123-31. doi: 10.1016/0895-4356(93)90050-b.

Authors

A Donner¹, N Klar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

PMID: 8437028
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(93)90050-b

Abstract

Methods of confidence interval construction are provided for summary measures of treatment effect arising from designs randomizing clusters to one of two treatment groups. Three basic designs are considered for the case of continuous and dichotomous variables: completely randomized, pair-matched and stratified.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis*
Confidence Intervals*
Female
Humans
Hypertension / mortality
Hypertension / therapy
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods*
Research Design*
Treatment Outcome*