Roni Y Kraut, Lauren S Katz, Oksana Babenko, Fabiola Diaz Carvallo, Roberto Alexanders, Derek S Chan, Sandy Campbell, Dean T Eurich, Scott Garrison
Cluster randomized trial design, where groups of participants are randomized instead of individual participants, is increasingly being used in long-term care research. The purpose of this review was to determine the characteristics of cluster randomized trials in long-term care facilities. A medical librarian conducted the literature search. Two independent reviewers reviewed each paper. Studies were included if the design was cluster randomized and participants were from long-term care facilities. For each included study, two independent data extractors captured data on study attributes, including: journal, location, year published, author discipline, funding, methodology, number of participants, and intervention target...
2020: Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research