Table 4 Completeness of reporting and a switch in primary outcome as rated by the reference standard (two systematic reviewers) for the sample of 119 manuscripts
CONSORT items incompletely reported | N = 119 (%) |
|---|---|
- Item 6a (Outcomes) | 58 (48.7) |
- Item 8a (Randomization/sequence generation) | 38 (31.9) |
- Item 9 (Allocation concealment mechanism) | 62 (52.1) |
- Items 11a/11b (Blinding) | 51 (42.9) |
- Items 13a/13b (Participant flow) | 39 (32.8) |
- Item 17a (Outcomes and estimation) | 48 (40.3) |
- Item 19 (Harms) | 71 (59.7) |
- Item 23 (Trial registration) | 18 (15.1) |
Switch in primary outcomes | |
- Yes | 36 (30.3) |