Table 2 Subject focus of the included documents (n = 244)
From: Outcome reporting recommendations for clinical trial protocols and reports: a scoping review
| Â | N (%) |
|---|---|
Scope | |
 Primary focus on trial outcome reporting | 45 (18.4) |
 Primary focus not on trial outcome reporting | 199 (81.6) |
Demographic focusa | |
 None stated | 148 (60.7) |
 Age focus explicitly stateda | 18 (7.4) |
 Paediatric (birth–18 years old) | 12 (4.9) |
  Neonates and/or infants | 10 (4.1) |
  Children | 11 (4.5) |
 Adolescents | 11 (4.5) |
 Adulthood (19–65 years old) | 5 (2.0) |
 Geriatric (> 65 years old) | 2 (0.8) |
 Clinical area focus explicitly stateda | 85 (34.8) |
  Oncology | 15 (6.1) |
  Mental health | 10 (4.1) |
  Oral and gastroenterology | 10 (4.1) |
  Obstetrics and gynaecology | 8 (3.3) |
  Rheumatology | 8 (3.3) |
  Surgery | 6 (2.5) |
  Neurology | 5 (2.0) |
  Pain management | 4 (1.6) |
  Haematology | 3 (1.2) |
  Respiratory | 3 (1.2) |
  Alternative medicine | 2 (0.8) |
  Critical care | 2 (0.8) |
  Dermatology | 2 (0.8) |
  Diabetes | 2 (0.8) |
  Infectious diseases | 2 (0.8) |
  Nutrition | 2 (0.8) |
  Otherb | 10 (4.1) |