Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry

A cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) is a type of randomized controlled trial in which groups of subjects (as opposed to individual subjects) are randomized. In this paper, we discuss the fundamentals of CRCT, its statistical power, and the implications of this design in context of comparati...

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Main Author: Francesco Chiappelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Dental Hypotheses
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Online Access:http://www.dentalhypotheses.com/index.php/dhj/article/view/93
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spelling doaj-559b7fdcfe1f43129e5015a7de9dbfc32020-11-25T00:02:05ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDental Hypotheses2155-82132155-82132012-01-013114Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based DentistryFrancesco ChiappelliA cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) is a type of randomized controlled trial in which groups of subjects (as opposed to individual subjects) are randomized. In this paper, we discuss the fundamentals of CRCT, its statistical power, and the implications of this design in context of comparative effectiveness and patient-centered research. We propose that, whereas CRCT pertain more specifically to effectiveness-driven decisions in health care, better informed patient-centered clinical decisions about comparative efficacy for evidence-based dental practice result from traditional RCT’s.http://www.dentalhypotheses.com/index.php/dhj/article/view/93Randomized controlled trialsCluster randomized controlled trialsEffectivenessEfficacyPatient-centered research outcomesEvidence-based dentistry.
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author Francesco Chiappelli
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Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
Dental Hypotheses
Randomized controlled trials
Cluster randomized controlled trials
Effectiveness
Efficacy
Patient-centered research outcomes
Evidence-based dentistry.
author_facet Francesco Chiappelli
author_sort Francesco Chiappelli
title Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
title_short Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
title_full Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
title_fullStr Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
title_full_unstemmed Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials (CRCTs) in Evidence-Based Dentistry
title_sort cluster randomized controlled trials (crcts) in evidence-based dentistry
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Dental Hypotheses
issn 2155-8213
2155-8213
publishDate 2012-01-01
description A cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) is a type of randomized controlled trial in which groups of subjects (as opposed to individual subjects) are randomized. In this paper, we discuss the fundamentals of CRCT, its statistical power, and the implications of this design in context of comparative effectiveness and patient-centered research. We propose that, whereas CRCT pertain more specifically to effectiveness-driven decisions in health care, better informed patient-centered clinical decisions about comparative efficacy for evidence-based dental practice result from traditional RCT’s.
topic Randomized controlled trials
Cluster randomized controlled trials
Effectiveness
Efficacy
Patient-centered research outcomes
Evidence-based dentistry.
url http://www.dentalhypotheses.com/index.php/dhj/article/view/93
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