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%)

RCT, randomized controlled trial.