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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2019 Mar 13;16(3):273–282. doi: 10.1177/1740774519833679

Table 1.

Results of simulations using clinical and administrative data to estimate the sample size needed to detect a 25% reduction in the suicide attempt rate in the 18 months following randomization.

Number per arm Number of sites Percent with prior PHQ item 9 response of 2 or 3 Event rate, usual care arm Event rate, intervention arm Power, unadjusted Power, adjusted for covariates
5000 1 12.7 0.048 0.036 0.76 0.76
6000 1 11.4 0.048 0.036 0.83 0.83
7000 1 10.5 0.048 0.036 0.88 0.88
8000 1 9.8 0.048 0.036 0.91 0.91
9000 1 9.3 0.048 0.036 0.95 0.95
10000 1 8.9 0.048 0.036 0.96 0.96
5000 2 20.4 0.048 0.036 0.76 0.76
6000 2 17.8 0.048 0.036 0.83 0.83
7000 2 16.0 0.048 0.036 0.88 0.88
8000 2 14.6 0.048 0.036 0.93 0.92
9000 2 13.6 0.048 0.036 0.95 0.95
10000 2 12.7 0.048 0.036 0.96 0.97
5000 3 28.1 0.048 0.036 0.76 0.76
6000 3 24.5 0.048 0.036 0.83 0.83
7000 3 21.4 0.048 0.036 0.89 0.88
8000 3 19.4 0.048 0.036 0.93 0.93
9000 3 17.8 0.048 0.036 0.94 0.94
10000 3 16.5 0.048 0.036 0.97 0.97