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Table 2 Subject foci of included publications for the SPIRIT-C (n = 366) and CONSORT-C (n = 429) systematic reviews, as identified by reviewer consensus

From: Recommendations and evidence for reporting items in pediatric clinical trial protocols and reports: two systematic reviews

SPIRIT-C n (%)

CONSORT-C n (%)

Disability

8 (2)

Alternative medicine

7 (2)

Ethics

72 (20)

Ethics

38 (9)

Evidence-based medicine

17 (5)

Evidence-based medicine

19 (3)

Infectious diseases

6 (2)

Immunology

16 (4)

Methodology

176 (48)

Infectious diseases

11 (3)

Nephrology

3 (1)

Mental health

48 (11)

Neurology

9 (2)

Methodology

150 (35)

Nutrition

5 (1)

Neurology

16 (4)

Obstetrics

2 (1)

Nutrition

6 (1)

Oncology

8 (2)

Obstetrics

12 (3)

Pharmacology

20 (5)

Oncology

18 (4)

Psychiatry

20 (5)

Pharmacology

25 (6)

Public health

6 (2)

Public health

13 (3)

Respiratory medicine

8 (2)

Respiratory medicine

21 (5)

Surgery

6 (2)

Surgery

22 (5)

  

Urology

7 (2)

  1. Publication foci are not mutually exclusive