Items | Total inconsistency rate (%) | Inconsistency rate of trials from western countries (%) | Inconsistency rate of trials from eastern countries (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Study design1 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Arms2 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.3 |
Intervention3 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
Control2 | 22.9 | 26.4 | 12.5 |
Sample size3 | 22.1 | 28.2 | 4.2 |
Inclusion criteria3 | 54.7 | 57.7 | 45.8 |
Exclusion criteria4 | 47.9 | 54.2 | 34.8 |
Generation of allocation sequences5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Allocation concealment6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Blinding of participants7 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 10.0 |
Blinding of personnel8 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 15.0 |
Blinding of outcome assessors9 | 22.8 | 21.6 | 25.0 |