PMID- 28109321
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180226
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1745-6215 (Electronic)
IS  - 1745-6215 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Jan 21
TI  - Stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial designs: a review of reporting 
      quality and design features.
PG  - 33
LID - 10.1186/s13063-017-1783-0 [doi]
LID - 33
AB  - BACKGROUND: The stepped wedge (SW) cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT) 
      design is being used with increasing frequency. However, there is limited 
      published research on the quality of reporting of SW-CRCTs. We address this issue 
      by conducting a literature review. METHODS: Medline, Ovid, Web of Knowledge, the 
      Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, the ISRCTN registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov were 
      searched to identify investigations employing the SW-CRCT design up to February 
      2015. For each included completed study, information was extracted on a selection 
      of criteria, based on the CONSORT extension to CRCTs, to assess the quality of 
      reporting. RESULTS: A total of 123 studies were included in our review, of which 
      39 were completed trial reports. The standard of reporting of SW-CRCTs varied in 
      quality. The percentage of trials reporting each criterion varied to as low as 
      15.4%, with a median of 66.7%. CONCLUSIONS: There is much room for improvement in 
      the quality of reporting of SW-CRCTs. This is consistent with recent findings for 
      CRCTs. A CONSORT extension for SW-CRCTs is warranted to standardize the reporting 
      of SW-CRCTs.
FAU - Grayling, Michael J
AU  - Grayling MJ
AD  - MRC Biostatistics Unit Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Cambridge Institute 
      of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK. 
      mjg211@cam.ac.uk.
FAU - Wason, James M S
AU  - Wason JM
AD  - MRC Biostatistics Unit Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Cambridge Institute 
      of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK.
FAU - Mander, Adrian P
AU  - Mander AP
AD  - MRC Biostatistics Unit Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Cambridge Institute 
      of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, UK.
LA  - eng
GR  - MC_UP_1302/2/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - MC_UU_00002/3/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - MC_UU_00002/6/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20170121
PL  - England
TA  - Trials
JT  - Trials
JID - 101263253
SB  - IM
MH  - Data Accuracy
MH  - Guidelines as Topic
MH  - Humans
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/*methods/standards
MH  - *Research Design/standards
PMC - PMC5251280
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cluster randomized controlled trial
OT  - Reporting quality
OT  - Review
OT  - Stepped wedge
EDAT- 2017/01/23 06:00
MHDA- 2018/02/27 06:00
PMCR- 2017/01/21
CRDT- 2017/01/23 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/01/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/01/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/02/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s13063-017-1783-0 [pii]
AID - 1783 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13063-017-1783-0 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Trials. 2017 Jan 21;18(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1783-0.