1. Average cluster size and design effect of cluster‐randomised trials.
Study | Original sample size | Number of clusters | Average cluster size | Intracluster correlation coefficient | Design effect | |
Intervention | Control | |||||
Muhoozi 2018 | 243 | 224 | 10 | 47 | 0.05 | 3.3 |
Bhandari 2004 | 552 | 473 | 8 | 128 | 0.05 | 7.4 |
Ferreira 2019 | 317 | 300 | 20 | 31 | 0.05 | 2.5 |
Morandi 2019 | 295 | 267 | 22 | 26 | 0.05 | 2.2 |
Nair 2017 | 1541 | 1460 | 120 | 25 | 0.05 | 2.2 |
Nikiema 2017 | 1083 | 1170 | 12 | 188 | 0.05 | 10.3 |
Penny 2005 | 187 | 190 | 12 | 31 | 0.05 | 2.5 |
Rafieya‐Kopaei 2019 | 60 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 0.05 | 1.7 |
Roy 2007 | 306 | 305 | 121 | 5 | 0.05 | 1.2 |
Saleem 2014 | 118 | 94 | 10 | 21 | 0.05 | 2.0 |
Shi 2009 | 294 | 305 | 8 | 75 | 0.05 | 4.7 |
Vazir 2013 | 210 | 202 | 60 | 7 | 0.05 | 1.3 |