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. 2020 Mar 19;17(4):420–429. doi: 10.1177/1740774520913042

Table 1.

Summary of different designs for the lavender scent example.

Design Sample size Power
Individual randomized trial k=1 cluster, n=340 subjects per cluster
k=1 cluster, n=1228 subjects per cluster
0.31
0.80
Cluster randomized trial
parallel groups
k=20 clusters, m=157 subjects per cluster 0.80
Cluster randomized trial
Crossover, cross-sectional
k=20 clusters, m=36 subjects per cluster-period 0.80
Cluster randomized trial
Crossover, cohort
k=20 clusters, m=26 subjects per cluster-period 0.81
Cluster randomized trial
Crossover, cohort
25% attrition of subjects
No repair: k=20 clusters, m=26 subjects in cluster-period 1
Increase m: k=20 clusters, m=30 subjects in cluster-period 1
Replacement: k=20 clusters, m=26 subjects per cluster-period
0.75
0.80
0.79