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Table 2 Minimum detectable effect

From: Stepped care for depression at integrated chronic care centers (IC3) in Malawi: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Outcome

Baseline assumed

Denominator population

Treatment effect

Lower minimum detectable effect

Upper minimum detectable effect

Depression prevalence

10%

All active patients (n = 300 per cluster)

Odds ratio

0.97

1.03

Depression severity

N/A (SD = 1, standardized effect size)

All patients with depression (n = 30 per cluster)

Absolute effect

− 0.14

0.14

WHODAS

N/A (SD = 1, standardized effect size)

All patients with depression (n = 30 per cluster)

Absolute effect

− 0.14

0.14

EQ-5D-3L utility score

N/A (SD = 1, standardized effect size)

All patients with depression (n = 30 per cluster)

Absolute effect

− 0.14

0.14