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. 2017 Dec 21;18:610. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2333-5

Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis

Control proportion Intervention proportion Within-period ICC Cluster autocorre-lation Average cluster size per period Absolute increase in proportion
0.5 0.61 0.06 0.8 100 0.110
0.6 0.06 0.8 250 0.100
0.59 0.06 0.8 400 0.090
0.59 0.06 0.95 100 0.090
0.565 0.06 0.95 250 0.065
0.56 0.06 0.95 400 0.060
0.4 0.51 0.06 0.8 100 0.110
0.5 0.06 0.8 250 0.100
0.49 0.06 0.8 400 0.090
0.49 0.06 0.95 100 0.090
0.465 0.06 0.95 250 0.065
0.46 0.06 0.95 400 0.060
0.45 0.56 0.06 0.8 100 0.110
0.55 0.06 0.8 250 0.100
0.545 0.06 0.8 400 0.095
0.54 0.06 0.95 100 0.090
0.515 0.06 0.95 250 0.065
0.51 0.06 0.95 400 0.060

Sensitivity analysis showing detectable difference with a sample size of six practices, expressed as an absolute increase in proportions, with 80% power using a two-sided test at the 5% level of significance