Table 1 Study characteristics
From: Inadequate description of educational interventions in ongoing randomized controlled trials
Items | N = 150 n (%) |
|---|---|
Type of patients 1 | |
Healthy | 42 (28.0) |
Sick | 110 (73.3) |
Country/Continent | |
United States | 70 (46.7) |
Europe | 38 (25.4) |
United Kingdom | 10 (26.3) |
France | 1 (2.6) |
Australia | 21 (14.0) |
Canada | 13 (8.7) |
Asia | 4 (2.7) |
Africa | 3 (2.0) |
South America | 1 (0.7) |
Number of centres | |
Monocentric | 96 (64.0) |
Multicentric (reporting number) | 35 (23.3) |
Unclear multicentric | 13 (8.7) |
Not reported | 6 (4.0) |
Type of centre 1 | |
Tertiary care/academic/university hospital | 77 (51.3) |
General medical hospital | 29 (19.3) |
Physician/pharmacist/primary care setting | 3 (2.0) |
Unclear | 3 (2.0) |
Not reported Other | 6 (4.0)47 (31.3) |
Mode of recruitment 1 | |
Academic/university hospital | 17 (11.3) |
“Direct” recruitment from a general population | 14 (9.3) |
General medical hospital Other | 13 (8.7)17 (11.3) |
Physicians/pharmacist/primary care setting | 8 (5.3) |
Unclear | 4 (2.7) |
Not reported | 86 (57.3) |