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Table 3 Items to report in journal or conference abstracts for social and psychological intervention trials [39]

From: Reporting randomised trials of social and psychological interventions: the CONSORT-SPI 2018 Extension

Section

CONSORT abstract item

Relevant CONSORT-SPI item

Title

Identification of the study as randomised

 

Authors

Contact details for the corresponding author

 

Trial design

Description of the trial design (e.g. parallel, cluster, noninferiority)

If the unit of random assignment is not the individual, refer to CONSORT for Cluster Randomised Trials and report the items included in its extension for abstracts [33]

Methods

 Participants

Eligibility criteria for participants and the settings where the data were collected

When applicable, the eligibility criteria for the setting of the intervention delivery and the eligibility criteria for the persons who delivered the interventions

 Interventions

Interventions intended for each group

 

 Objective

Specific objective or hypothesis

If pre-specified, how the intervention was hypothesised to work

 Outcomes

Clearly defined primary outcome for this report

 

 Randomisation

How participants were allocated to interventions

 

 Awareness of assignment

Who was aware of intervention assignment after allocation (for example, participants, providers, those assessing outcomes), and how any masking was done

 

Results

 Number randomly assigned

Number randomised to each group

 

 Recruitment

Trial status

 

 Interventions

 

Extent to which interventions were actually delivered by providers and taken up by participants as planned

 Number analysed

Number analysed in each group

 

 Outcomes

For the primary outcome, a result for each group and the estimated effect size and its precision

 

 Harms

Important adverse events or side effects

 

Conclusions

General interpretation of the results

 

Trial registration

Registration number and name of trial register

 

Funding

Source of funding

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