Table 1

Recruitment and retention of trial participants included from the 144 reports

ItemsMeanMedianSDMinMaxTotal
Number of participants randomised65248092885800374 298
Number of participants analysed*54138884765767761 715
  • *Number of participants analysed in the primary analysis of patient-reported outcomes; if multiple postbaseline assessments were used for the primary outcome, the number of participants analysed at the longest postbaseline timepoint was taken.