Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Health ResearchISBN: 978-0-470-71100-2
Hardcover
194 pages
May 2010
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A cluster randomization trial is one in which intact social units,
or clusters of individuals, are randomized to different
intervention groups. Trials randomizing clusters have become
particularly widespread in the evaluation of non-therapeutic
interventions, including lifestyle modification, educational
programmes and innovations in the provision of health care. The
increasing popularity of this design among health researchers over
the past two decades has led to an extensive body of methodology on
the subject. This is the first book to present a systematic and
united treatment of this topic; it contains distinctive chapters on
the history of cluster randomized trials, ethical issues and
reporting guidelines.