Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration

Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration

November 9, 2018

This report presents the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) extension for the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial (SW-CRT). The statement was developed to allow for the unique characteristics of this increasingly used study design, and the guideline was developed using a Delphi survey and consensus meeting and is informed by the CONSORT statements for individual and cluster randomised trials. Reporting items along with explanations and examples are provided. Read the full article at this link.

IMPACT Members provide resources to a new topic within Pepper Center’s GRASP statistical analysis resource

Members of the IMPACT Collaboratory Design and Statistics Core recently contributed to a curated list of statistical analysis programs for biostatisticians engaged in studies of human aging.

Heather Allore, PhD, and Joan Monin, PhD, MS and colleagues authored the Analyzing Dyad Data with Additional Clustering resource in GRASP, an online resource developed by the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers at Yale University, Duke University and Wake Forest University. The program provides a brief introduction and overview of approaches to dyadic analysis with references as well as two approaches to performing dyadic analysis when dyads are nested in a higher level of clustering, such as dyads participating in cluster-randomized clinical trials.

See the full list at this link.

CHATO design, pilot testing and update on current implementation and results

September 2022 – In Grand Rounds 29, Dr. Kristi Williams, professor and nurse gerontologist at the University of Kansas, shares results and updates on the intervention, CHATO, for long-term care residents with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.

Speaker

Kristi Williams, PhD, RN

Kristi Williams, PhD, RN

Professor

University of Kansas School of Nursing

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Learning Objectives

  • Describe the design of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial.
  • Become aware of common challenges to conducting research in Nursing Homes.
  • Describe a variety of proximal and distal outcome measures related to improved dementia care.