From: The quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials of electroacupuncture for stroke
CONSORT item | Chinese N = 54 | English N = 16 | Chinese vs. English (P-value for difference) | ||||
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n | %(n/54) | 95%CI | n | %(n/16) | 95%CI | ||
 Title | 3 | 6c | [1 to 15] | 9 | 56 | [30 to 80] | 0.01 |
 Methods | |||||||
  Trail design | 48 | 89 | [77 to 96] | 10 | 63 | [35 to 85] | 0.061 |
  Eligibility criteria | 54 | 100 | [93 to 100] | 16 | 100 | [79 to 100] | _ |
  Interventions | 54 | 100 | [93 to 100] | 16 | 100 | [79 to 100] | _ |
  Primary and secondary outcome | 52 | 96 | [87 to 100] | 16 | 100 | [79 to 100] | 0.442 |
  Sample size | 3 | 6 | [1 to 15] | 1 | 6 | [0 to 30] | 0.918 |
  Generation of random sequence | 22 | 41 | [28 to 55] | 4 | 25 | [7 to 52] | 0.239 |
  Allocation concealment | 6 | 11 | [4 to 23] | 4 | 25 | [7 to 52] | 0.26 |
  Blinding | 4 | 7 | [2 to 18] | 7 | 44 | [20 to 70] | 0.014 |
  Statistical methods | 53 | 98 | [90 to 100] | 15 | 94 | [70 to 100] | 0.361 |
 Results | |||||||
  Losses and exclusions | 6 | 11 | [4 to 23] | 9 | 56 | [30 to 80] | 0.004 |
  Recruitment | 38 | 70 | [56 to 82] | 6 | 38 | [15 to 65] | 0.017 |
  Numbers analysed | 47 | 87 | [75 to 95] | 10 | 63 | [35 to 85] | 0.081 |
  Harms | 14 | 26 | [15 to 40] | 7 | 44 | [20 to 70] | 0.177 |
  Limitations | 4 | 7 | [2 to 18] | 6 | 38 | [15 to 65] | 0.33 |
Total mean scorea | 15.2 ± 4.3 | 12.3 ± 3.6 | 0.05 |