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]
Identifies failure to account for nesting and clustering in the analysis of a music-with-movement intervention for people with dementia and their caregivers.
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Statistical rigorNutrition & aging
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- Marleigh Hefner: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
- Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
- Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
- Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
- Brian P Shaw: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
- David B Allison: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.