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- Published on: 20 June 2003
- Published on: 23 May 2003
- Published on: 20 June 2003Author's ReplyShow More
Dear Editor
Dr Parienti and colleagues have raised concerns [1] about a section of the commentary for which I am responsible. Their letter highlights the lack of a standard typology for trial design in clinical epidemiology. At the heart of this issue is not only what to call the different types of clinical trial, but how to analyse the results of each trial. Was the trial by Dr Parienti and colleagues a cluster randomi...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 May 2003Only cluster design lead to cluster effectShow More
Dear Editor
On behalf our Study group, I would like to thank EBN’s Editors for their interest in our work.
In their review, major concerns regarding the design and analysis of our study were raised by Drs Moralejo and Jull, mainly because antiseptic protocols were randomised by services (called "clusters") but outcome was analysed by patients. The authors concluded that while our trial is intriguing, "whether...
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