Table 2

CONSORT checklist criteria included in 251 reports of complementary and alternative medicine randomized controlled trials in children published over four decades

Total number of items
Decade


1970s (n = 5)
1980s (n = 47)
1990s (n = 186)
2000s (n = 13)
Total (n = 251)


Title = 1,n%
2 (40.0)
29 (61.7)
144 (77.4)
12 (92.3)
187 (74.5)
Introduction = 1, n %
5 (100.0)
42 (89.4)
170 (91.4)
11 (84.6)
228 (90.8)
Methods = 18, mean (sd)
5.0 (3.7)
5.8 (1.8)
7.1 (2.6)
6.5 (2.9)
6.8 (2.5)
Results = 9, mean (sd)
1.0 (1.0)
1.6 (0.9)
2.5 (1.8)
2.2 (1.9)
2.3 (1.7)
Discussion = 3, mean (sd)
1.2(1.3)
2.0 (1.1)
2.1 (1.0)
1.9 (1.1)
2.0 (1.0)
Total = 32, mean (sd)
8.6 (5.4)
10.8 (3.0)
13.4 (4.3)
12.3 (5.3)
12.7 (4.3)

Moher et al. BMC Pediatrics 2002 2:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-2-2