Table 1.
Pilot cluster randomised trials included in this review
| Author | Year* | Journal | Title | Cluster |
| Begh [A1] |
2011 | Trials | Promoting smoking cessation in Pakistani and Bangladeshi men in the UK: pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of trained community outreach workers. | Census lower layer super output areas |
| Jones [A2] |
2011 | Paediatric exercise science | Promoting fundamental movement skill development and physical activity in early childhood settings: a cluster randomised controlled trial. | Childcare centres |
| Légaré [A3] |
2010 | Health expectations | Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: a pilot clustered randomised controlled trial. | Family medicine groups |
| Hopkins [A4] |
2012 | Health education research | Implementing organisational physical activity and healthy eating strategies on paid time: process evaluation of the UCLA WORKING pilot study. | Worksites—health and human service organisations |
| Jago [A5] |
2012 | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | Bristol girls dance project feasibility trial: outcome and process evaluation results. | Secondary schools |
| Taylor [A6] |
2011 | Clinical rehabilitation | A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of structured goal-setting following stroke. | Rehabilitation services |
| Drahota [A7] |
2013 | Age and ageing | Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of flooring to reduce injuries from falls in wards for older people. | Study areas—bays within hospitals |
| Frenn [A8] |
2013 | Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing | Authoritative feeding behaviours to reduce child BMI through online interventions. | Classrooms |
| Gifford [A9] |
2012 | World views on evidence-based nursing | Developing leadership capacity for guideline use: a pilot cluster randomised control trial. | Service delivery centres with nursing care for diabetic foot ulcers |
| Jones [A10] |
2013 | Journal of Medical Internet Research | Recruitment to online therapies for depression: pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. | Postcode areas |
| Moore [A11] |
2013 | Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy | An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence-based social norms marketing campaign to reduce alcohol consumption among first year students. | Residence halls |
| Pai [A12] |
2013 | Implementation science | Strategies to enhance venous thromboprophylaxis in hospitalised medical patients (SENTRY): a pilot cluster randomised trial. | Hospitals |
| Reeves [A13] |
2013 | BMC health services research | Facilitated patient experience feedback can improve nursing care: a pilot study for a phase III cluster randomised controlled trial. | Wards |
| Teut [A14] |
2013 | Clinical interventions in Ageing | Effects and feasibility of an Integrative Medicine programme for geriatric patients: a cluster randomised pilot study. | Shared apartments |
| Jago [A15] |
2014 | International journal of Behavioural nutrition and physical activity | Randomised feasibility trial of a teaching assistant-led extracurricular physical activity intervention for those aged 9–11 years: action 3:30. | Primary schools |
| Michie [A16] |
2014 | Contraception | Pharmacy-based interventions for initiating effective contraception following the use of emergency contraception: a pilot study. | Pharmacies |
| Mytton [A17] |
2014 | Health technology assessment | The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: a cluster randomised controlled trial. | Children’s centres |
| Thomas [A18] |
2014 | Trials | Identifying continence options after stroke (ICONS): a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial. | Stroke services |
*We extracted the earlier of the print and electronic publication year.