Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials for the Treatment of Eczema with Chinese Patent Medicine Based on the CONSORT-CHM Formulas 2017

Table 4

The reporting number and percentage for each item of the CONSORT-CHM formulas 2017.

Section	Topic	Item number	n/N	%
Title, abstract, and keywords	Title	1a	4/144	2.78
	Abstract	1b	100/144	69.44
	Keywords	1c	5/144	3.47
Introduction	Background	2a	99/144	68.75
	Objectives	2b	35/144	24.31
Methods	Trial design	3a	142/144	98.61
		3b	0/0	0
	Participants	4a	82/144	56.94
		4b	123/144	85.42
	Interventions	5	114/144	79.17
	Outcomes	6a	106/144	73.61
		6b	0/0	0
	Sample size	7a	1/144	0.69
		7b	0/0	0
	Sequence generation	8a	34/144	23.61
		8b	4/144	2.78
	Allocation concealment mechanism	9	1/144	0.69
	Implementation	10	1/144	0.69
	Blinding	11a	5/144	3.47
		11b	3/6	50
	Statistical methods	12a	115/144	79.86
		12b	4/6	66.67
Results	Participant flow	13a	144/144	100
		13b	137/144	95.14
	Recruitment	14a	119/144	82.64
		14b	0/0	0
	Baseline data	15	8/144	5.56
	Numbers analyzed	16	144/144	100
	Outcomes and estimation	17a	0/144	0
		17b	0/143	0
	Ancillary analyses	18	6/6	100
	Harms	19	120/144	83.33
Discussion	Limitations	20	8/144	5.56
	Generalizability	21	74/144	51.39
	Interpretation	22	118/144	81.94
Other information	Registration	23	1/144	0.69
	Protocol	24	2/144	1.39
	Funding	25	9/144	6.25

CONSORT-CHM formulas, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Chinese herbal medicine formulas.