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CONSORT checklist criteria included in 251 reports of complementary and alternative medicine randomized controlled trials in children published over four decades |
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| Total number of items |
Decade |
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| 1970s (n = 5) |
1980s (n = 47) |
1990s (n = 186) |
2000s (n = 13) |
Total (n = 251) |
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| 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 |
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