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Table 2 Recruitment and retention in trials with adequate flow diagrams

From: Adherence to participant flow diagrams in trials on postoperative pain management after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a methodological review

 

All trials

Median (IQR)

THA trials

Median (IQR)

TKA trials

Median (IQR)

Recruitment (randomised:screened)

73% (44–91%)

68% (44–94%)

74% (43–90%)

Retention (analysed:randomised)

97% (93–100%)

98% (95–100%)

97% (92–100%)

Trials with < 95% retention

33%

25%

35%

  1. Data for recruitment and retention were non-parametrically distributed
  2. Recruitment was high for both THA and TKA trials