Inappropriate Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Due to Not Accounting for Nesting and Clustering: Comment on “A Home-Based Dyadic Music-with-Movement Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness-Implementation Design” [Letter]

Marleigh Hefner1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAView further author information

Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USAView further author information

Colby J Vorland2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USAView further author information

Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USAView further author information

Brian P Shaw2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USAView further author information

David B Allison2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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