Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering: Comment on "A Home-Based Dyadic Music-with-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Design" [Letter]

Marleigh Hefner; Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini; Colby J Vorland; Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo; Brian P Shaw; David B Allison

doi:10.2147/CIA.S400881

Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering: Comment on "A Home-Based Dyadic Music-with-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Design" [Letter]

Clin Interv Aging. 2023 Feb 2:18:141-142. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S400881. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Marleigh Hefner¹, Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini², Colby J Vorland², Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo², Brian P Shaw², David B Allison²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Comment

MeSH terms

Caregivers
Cluster Analysis
Dementia* / therapy
Humans
Music*
Quality of Life

Grants and funding

Supported in part by NIH grants U24AG056053 and P30AG050886. The assertions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIH or any other organization.