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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Dec 21;99(6):953–959. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.12.010

Table 3.

Study Designs

Study Design Study Type n
Pre-post Quantitative 1
Case study Quantitative 2
Cluster randomized trial Mixed 1
Cohort study Quantitative 1
Descriptive/Qualitative Quantitative 1
Feasibility Quantitative 1
Nonrandomized cohort comparison Quantitative 1
Nonrandomized pilot Quantitative 2
Observational Quantitative 1
Parallel study Quantitative 1
Pilot surveys/interviews Qualitative 1
Prospective Quantitative 3
Prospective, randomized, parallel clinical trial Quantitative 1
Quasi-experimental Quantitative (1)
Qualitative (1)
2
Semi-structured interviews Quantitative 2
Randomized non-blinded controlled trial Quantitative 1
Randomized sample Quantitative 1
Randomized control trial Quantitative 23
Retrospective review Quantitative 4
Retrospective observational cohort analysis Quantitative 1
Total Quantitative 51