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 5

Univariable analysis of reporting rate of each item of the CONSORT-CHM formulas 2017.

Item numberYear of publicationOR (95% CI) valueType of the first author’s hospitalOR (95% CI) value
≥2015<2015University hospitalNonuniversity hospital

1a2/50 (4%)2/94 (2.13%)1.92 (0.26–14.03)0.9063/73 (4.11%)1/71 (1.41%)3.00 (0.31–29.55)0.632
1b44/50 (88%)56/94 (59.57%)4.98 (1.93–12.83)<0.00145/73 (61.64%)55/71 (77.46%)0.47 (0.23–0.97)0.039
1c4/50 (8%)1/94 (1.06%)8.09 (0.88–74.43)0.0924/73 (5.48%)1/71 (1.41%)4.06 (0.44–37.23)0.379
2a46/50 (92%)53/94 (56.38%)8.90 (2.96–26.73)<0.00153/73 (72.60%)46/71 (64.79%)1.44 (0.71–2.92)0.312
2b19/50 (38%)16/94 (17.02%)2.99 (1.36–6.55)0.00524/73 (32.88%)11/71(15.49%)2.67 (1.19–5.99)0.015
3a50/50 (100%)92/94 (97.87%)NE0.54471/73 (97.26%)71/71 (100%)NE0.497
3b0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE
4a32/50 (64%)50/94 (53.19%)1.56 (0.77–3.17)0.21244/73 (60.27%)38/71 (53.52%)1.32 (0.68–2.55)0.413
4b46/50 (92%)77/94 (81.91%)2.54 (0.81–8.01)0.10365/73 (89.04%)58/71 (81.69%)1.82 (0.71–4.71)0.211
539/50 (78%)75/94 (79.79%)0.90 (0.39–2.08)0.80162/73 (84.93%)52/71 (73.24%)2.06 (0.90–4.72)0.084
6a33/50 (66%)73/94(77.66%)0.56 (0.26–1.19)0.13158/73 (79.45%)48/71 (67.61%)1.85 (0.87–3.94)0.107
6b0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE
7a1/50 (2%)0/94 (0%)NE0.3471/73 (1.37%)0/71 (0%)NE1.000
7b0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE
8a17/50 (34%)17/94 (18.09%)2.33 (1.06–5.12)0.03221/73 (28.77%)13/71 (18.31%)1.80 (0.82–3.96)0.140
8b2/50 (4%)2/94 (2.13%)1.92 (0.26–14.03)0.9064/73 (5.48%)0/71 (0%)NE0.135
91/50 (2%)0/94 (0%)NE0.3471/73 (1.37%)0/71 (0%)NE1.000
101/50 (2%)0/94(0%)NE0.3471/73 (1.37%)0/71(0%)NE1.000
11a1/50 (2%)4/94 (4.26%)0.46 (0.05–4.22)0.8215/73 (6.85%)0/71 (0%)NE0.074
11b1/1 (100%)2/5 (40%)NE1.0003/6 (50%)0/0 (0%)NENE
12a46/50 (92%)69/94 (73.40%)4.17 (1.36–12.76)0.00860/73 (82.19%)55/71 (77.46%)1.34 (0.59–3.04)0.479
12b2/2 (100%)2/4 (50%)NE0.4672/3 (66.67%)2/3(66.67%)1.00 (0.03–29.81)1.000
13a50/50 (100%)94/94 (100%)NENE73/73 (100%)71/71 (100%)NENE
13b48/50 (96%)89/94 (94.68%)1.35 (0.25–7.21)1.00070/73 (95.89%)67/71 (94.37%)1.39 (0.30–6.46)0.970
14a46/50 (92%)73/94 (77.66%)3.31 (1.07–10.25)0.03167/73 (91.78%)52/71 (73.24%)4.08 (1.52–10.95)0.003
14b0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE0/0 (0%)0/0 (0%)NENE
153/50 (6%)5/94 (5.32%)1.14 (0.26–4.96)1.0008/73 (10.96%)0/71 (0%)NE0.012
1650/50 (100%)94/94 (100%)NENE73/73 (100%)71/71 (100%)NENE
17a0/50 (0%)0/94 (0%)NENE0/73 (0%)0/71 (0%)NENE
17b0/50 (0%)0/93 (0%)NENE0/72 (0%)0/71 (0%)NENE
182/2 (100%)4/4 (100%)NENE3/3 (100%)3/3 (100%)NENE
1944/50 (88%)76/94 (80.85%)1.74 (0.64–4.70)0.27360/73 (82.19%)60/71 (84.51%)0.85 (0.35–2.04)0.709
206/50 (12%)2/94 (2.13%)6.27 (1.22–32.34)0.0385/73 (6.85%)3/71 (4.23%)1.67 (0.38–7.25)0.746
2129/50 (58%)45/94 (47.87%)1.50 (0.75–3.01)0.24735/73 (47.95%)39/71 (54.93%)0.76 (0.39–1.46)0.402
2245/50 (90%)73/94 (77.66%)2.59 (0.91–7.35)0.06758/73 (79.45%)60/71 (84.51%)0.71 (0.30–1.67)0.430
231/50 (2%)0/94 (0%)NE0.3471/73 (1.37%)0/71 (0%)NE1.000
242/50 (4%)0/94 (0%)NE0.1192/73 (2.74%)0/71 (0%)NE0.497
256/50 (12%)3/94 (3.19%)4.14 (0.99–17.32)0.0869/73 (12.33%)0/71 (0%)NE0.007

CONSORT-CHM formulas, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Chinese herbal medicine formulas; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; NE, not estimable.