Extending CONSORT to include cluster trials.

What it found

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The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Tobacco cessation interventions for young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
   Pooled it
2. Mother and baby units for schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2007
   Pooled it
3. A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary care.BMC health services research · 2006
   Pooled it
4. Determining the impact of a new physiotherapist-led primary care model for back pain: protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2017
   Trial
5. COSMOS--improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial.Implementation science : IS · 2015
   Trial
6. The effect of work-based mentoring on patient outcome in musculoskeletal physiotherapy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2014
   Trial
7. An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2012
   Trial
8. Effect of point of care testing for C reactive protein and training in communication skills on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster randomised trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2009
   Trial
9. Live interactive group-specific normative feedback reduces misperceptions and drinking in college students: a randomized cluster trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2008
   Trial
10. Improving management of patients with acute cough by C-reactive protein point of care testing and communication training (IMPAC3T): study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC family practice · 2007
    Trial
11. Effects of a Community Health Worker-Led Health Literacy Intervention on Lifestyle Modification Among Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023
    Article
12. Study protocol: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment.BMC public health · 2015
    Article
13. Does an intensive self-management structured education course improve outcomes for children and young people with type 1 diabetes? The Kids In Control OF Food (KICk-OFF) cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.BMJ open · 2013
    Article
14. Reporting guidelines: optimal use in preventive medicine and public health.American journal of preventive medicine · 2012
    Article

Corrections and comments

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  CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials.2004

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