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Table 1 Reporting approaches used in the description of the trial results

From: Analysis and reporting of stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: synthesis and critical appraisal of published studies, 2010 to 2014

Author, year

Diagram of SWT rollout

CONSORT-style diagram

Assessment of balance

Reported k/ICC

Group summaries between crossovers

Secular trend reported

Bacchieri, 2010 [29]

No

No

No

No

No

Yes, graph

Bashour, 2013 [22]

No

Yes

Yes: individual-level covariates at enrolment between conditions

Yes

No

Yes, fixed effects from model and a graph of the Likert responses by group

Durovni, 2013 [12]

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Fuller, 2012 [23]

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes, graphed modelled effect by condition

Gruber 2013 [21]

Yes

Yes

Yes: individual and household-level covariates at baseline by condition, weighted for time in condition

No

No

Yes, graphed by condition

Horner, 2012 [27]

Yes

No

Yes: cluster-level at baseline by group

No

Yes

Yes, model parameters, sub-groups, and graphs by group

Mhurchu, 2013 [24]

Yes

Yes

Yes: all schools described, with group indicated, but not summarised by group

No

Yes

Yes, using step-group summaries

Roy, 2013 [25]

Yes

Yes

Yes: cluster-level covariates and individual-level covariates at enrolment by condition

No

No

No

Schultz, 2014 [28]

Yes

No

Yes: individual-level at enrolment by condition

No

No

No

Stern, 2014 [26]

Yes

Yes

Yes: cluster-level covariates at baseline and individual-level covariates at enrolment by condition

No

No

No

  1. Note: This table only includes information included in the main publication. Some articles included additional material in a supplement