Table 5 Trial and recruitment characteristics that significantly affected randomisation rate for included stroke rehabilitation RCTs
|  |  | Trial feature | Kruskal–Wallis | P | RCTs |  | Subgrouping (median) |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randomisation rate | Trial characteristic | Stroke survivor living context | X2(3) = 10.11 | 0.018 | 239 |  | Community (48%)* |  |  |
General hospital (38%) | |||||||||
Stroke-specific environment (27%) | |||||||||
Stage of rehabilitation | X2(5) = 16.64 | 0.002 | 292 |  | Acute (23%) |  |  | ||
Acute–subacute (25%) | |||||||||
Subacute (29%) | |||||||||
Subacute–chronic (26%) | |||||||||
Chronic (48%)* | |||||||||
Recruitment characteristic | Recruitment strategy | X2(2) = 10.34 | 0.006 | 167 |  | Screening stroke survivors in the community (49%)* |  |  | |
Screening admissions (22%) | |||||||||
Screening inpatients (35%) | |||||||||
Number of recruiters | X2(2) = 6.06 | 0.048 | 133 |  | Single recruiter (29%) |  |  | ||
Two or three recruiters (40%)* | |||||||||
Four or more recruiters (21%) |