From: Clinical drug trials in general practice: how well are external validity issues reported?
Trials reporting data n (%) | Mediana | IQR | Min-max | Mean | 95% CI | |
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Number of countries | 106 (79) | 10 | 7–15 | 1–45 | ||
Number of trial sites | 122 (91) | 96 | 61–171 | 1–1315 | ||
Number of patients screened | 61 (46) | 1284 | 615–2352 | 14–89,890 | ||
Number of patients enrolled | 134 (100) | 910 | 503–1743 | 13–29,019 | ||
Number of patients completed | 125 (93) | 648 | 379–1134 | 13–25,577 | ||
Recruitment fraction | 61 (46) | 0.66 | 0.46–0.83 | 0.17–1.00 | 0.64 | (0.58–0.70) |
Number needed to be screened | 61 (46) | 1.52 | 1.20–2.20 | 1.00–5.84 | 1.94 | (1.64–2.22) |
Completing fraction 1 | 125 (93) | 0.83 | 0.70–0.89 | 0.19–1.00 | 0.78 | (0.75–0.80) |
Completing fraction 2 | 59 (44) | 0.53 | 0.38–0.70 | 0.13–0.93 | 0.53 | (0.47–0.58) |