Report for: Researchers’ perceptions of ethical challenges in cluster randomized trials: a qualitative analysis

Title	Researchers’ perceptions of ethical challenges in cluster randomized trials: a qualitative analysis
Published in	Trials, January 2013
DOI	10.1186/1745-6215-14-1
Pubmed ID	23286245
Authors	Andrew D McRae, Carol Bennett, Judith Belle Brown, Charles Weijer, Robert Boruch, Jamie Brehaut, Shazia Chaudhry, Allan Donner, Martin Eccles, Jeremy Grimshaw, Merrick Zwarenstein, Monica Taljaard
Abstract	Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) pose ethical challenges for investigators and ethics committees. This study describes the views and experiences of CRT researchers with respect to: (1) ethical challenges in CRTs; (2) the ethics review process for CRTs; and (3) the need for comprehensive ethics guidelines for CRTs.

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Country	Count	As %
United Kingdom	4	100%

Type	Count	As %
Scientists	2	50%
Members of the public	2	50%

Mendeley readers

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	13	25%
Researcher	7	13%
Student > Doctoral Student	4	8%
Lecturer	3	6%
Other	3	6%
Other	12	23%
Unknown	11	21%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	18	34%
Psychology	9	17%
Social Sciences	5	9%
Nursing and Health Professions	3	6%
Business, Management and Accounting	1	2%
Other	5	9%
Unknown	12	23%

Researchers’ perceptions of ethical challenges in cluster randomized trials: a qualitative analysis