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Table 8 Number and percentage of RCTs that included each CONSORT reporting item associated with recruitment

From: A systematic review of the efficiency of recruitment to stroke rehabilitation randomised controlled trials

Consort reporting item

Data availability

Fully reported

Poorly reported

Not reported

Consort diagram

512

240 (47%)

48 (9%)

224 (44%)

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

459

439 (96%)

4 (1%)

16 (3%)

Who enrolled participants

459

86 (19%)

 

373 (81%)

Number randomised

459

459 (100%)

  

Dropout

459

388 (85%)

 

71 (15%)

Funding

459

319 (69%)

 

140 (31%)

Location and setting

459

395 (86%)

57 (13%)

6 (1%)

Period spent with recruitment and follow-up

459

194 (42%)

 

266 (58%)

Sample size calculations

459

129 (28%)

 

330 (72%)

Baseline demographics

459

435 (95%)

6 (1%)

18 (4%)

  1. % = percentage of 512 included trials