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Table 1 Sample size simulation

From: Effectiveness of a multi-faceted intervention to deprescribe proton pump inhibitors in primary care: protocol for a population-based, pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial

“Natural” PPI deprescribing rate

PPI deprescribing rate due to intervention

Patients per cluster

Intracluster Correlation Coefficient

Power

2%

17%

45

0.05

>  0.999

2%

17%

50

0.05

>  0.999

2%

17%

45

0.1

>  0.999

2%

17%

50

0.1

>  0.999

2%

10%

45

0.05

>  0.999

2%

10%

50

0.05

>  0.999

2%

10%

45

0.1

>  0.999

2%

10%

50

0.1

>  0.999

7%

17%

45

0.05

>  0.999

7%

17%

50

0.05

>  0.999

7%

17%

45

0.1

>  0.999

7%

17%

50

0.1

>  0.999

7%

10%

45

0.05

> 0.994

7%

10%

50

0.05

> 0.990

7%

10%

45

0.1

> 0.930

7%

10%

50

0.1

> 0.908