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Table 5 Cohort B: summary of study characteristics

From: “Spin” in wound care research: the reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically non-significant primary outcome results or unspecified primary outcomes

Characteristics

Number

(%)

 

n = 43

 

Funding

  

Not for profit

10

(23.3)

For profit

11

(25.6)

Mixed (not for profit and for profit)

2

(4.7)

Not reported

20

(45.6)

Unclear

0

(0.0)

Type of Wound

  

Leg ulcer

24

(55.8)

Diabetic foot ulcer

13

(30.2)

Pressure ulcer

5

(11.6)

Mixed ulcers

1

(2.3)

Intervention

  

Device

28

(65.1)

Drug

12

(27.9)

Surgery

1

(2.3)

Care management

2

(4.7)

Comparator (note, in trials >2 arms there is >1 comparator)

 

n = 51

Placebo

19

(37.3)

Usual care

8

(15.7)

Device

17

(33.3)

Drug

4

(7.8)

Surgery

2

(3.9)

Care management

1

(2.0)

Duration of follow up

Median

(IQR)

Range

Weeks

8

(4–13)

2–104