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