Reporting of radiographic assessment in reports of randomised controlled trials with radiographic outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis
| Reporting of | All (n = 46) | Reports with radiographic outcome as primary end point (n = 26) | Reports with radiographic outcome not as primary end point (n = 20) | Reports published before 2000 (n = 17) | Reports published in 2000 and later (n = 29) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *All data are expressed as percentages. | |||||
| Reader’s information | 71.7 | 73.1 | 70.0 | 70.6 | 72.4 |
| Experience | 36.9 | 34.6 | 40.0 | 35.3 | 64.7 |
| Background | 54.4 | 57.7 | 50.0 | 52.9 | 55.2 |
| Identity | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 52.9 | 48.3 |
| Number of readers | 91.3 | 96.2 | 85.0 | 94.1 | 89.7 |
| 1 | 26.1 | 19.2 | 35.0 | 29.4 | 24.2 |
| >1 | 65.2 | 76.9 | 50.0 | 64.7 | 65.5 |
| Not reported | 8.7 | 3.9 | 15.0 | 5.9 | 10.3 |
| Blinding | 93.5 | 96.2 | 90.0 | 94.1 | 93.1 |
| To treatment or patient identity | 86.0 | 92.0 | 77.8 | 87.5 | 85.2 |
| To clinical data | 23.9 | 26.9 | 20.0 | 17.6 | 27.6 |
| How films were viewed | 73.9 | 80.7 | 65.0 | 70.6 | 75.9 |
| Reproducibility | 39.1 | 53.8 | 20.0 | 35.3 | 41.4 |