Research Article
Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials for the Treatment of Eczema with Chinese Patent Medicine Based on the CONSORT-CHM Formulas 2017
Table 2
General characteristics of 144 included RCTs.
| Characteristics | Number (%) of RCTs |
| Year of publication | | 2019–2015 | 50 (34.72%) | 2014–2010 | 64 (44.45%) | 2009–2005 | 25 (17.36%) | 2004–1996 | 5 (3.47%) | Language | | Chinese | 143 (99.31%) | English | 1(0.69%) | Research centers | | Single center | 140 (97.22%) | Multiple center | 4 (2.78%) | Sample size | | <60 | 10 (6.94%) | 60–100 | 82 (56.95%) | >100 | 52 (36.11%) | Type of the first author’s hospital | | University hospital | 73 (50.69%) | Nonuniversity hospital | 71 (49.31%) |
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RCT, randomized controlled trial.
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