Author’s response to reviews Title: Operationalizing a model to quantify implementation of a multi-component intervention in a stepped wedge trial Authors:

Operationalizing a model to quantify implementation of a multi-component intervention in a stepped-wedge trial

BACKGROUND It is challenging to interpret the results of multifaceted interventions due to complex program theories that are difficult to measure in a quantifiable manner. The aims of this paper were, first, to develop a model for a comprehensive quantitative implementation evaluation and, second, to operationalize it in the process evaluation of the stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled ...

Author’s response to reviews Title: A cluster randomized controlled trial for child and parent weight management: children and parents randomized to the intervention group have correlated changes in adiposity Authors:

Title: A cluster randomized controlled trial for child and parent weight management: children and parents randomized to the intervention group have correlated changes in adiposity Authors: Diane Berry ([email protected]) Robert McMurray ([email protected]) Todd Schwartz ([email protected]) Emily Hall ([email protected]) Madeline Neal ([email protected]) Reuben Adatorwovor (radat22...

Logistic, ethical, and political dimensions of stepped wedge trials: critical review and case studies

BACKGROUND Three arguments are usually invoked in favour of stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trials: the logistic convenience of implementing an intervention in phases, the ethical benefit of providing the intervention to all clusters, and the potential to enhance the social acceptability of cluster randomised controlled trials. Are these alleged benefits real? We explored the logist...

Author’s response to reviews Title: A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of severe illness in low-income settings: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda Authors:

Title: A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for diagnosis of severe illness in low-income settings: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda Authors: Matthew Cummings ([email protected]) Elijah Goldberg ([email protected]) Savio Mwaka ([email protected]) Olive Kabajaasi ([email protected]) Eric Vittinghoff ([email protected]) Ad...

Author ' s response to reviews Title : Sample size calculation for a stepped wedge trial