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Table 3 Mean (SD) overall scores for CONSORT checklist according to impact factor (IF) of the medical journals.

From: Reporting randomised clinical trials of analgesics after traumatic or orthopaedic surgery is inadequate: a systematic review

IF

journals

No IF journals

(n = 16)

Low

IF journals

(n = 36)

High

IF journals

(n = 40)

Total

journals

(N = 92)

CONSORT

Mean (SD)

8.9 (2.3)†

10.1 (2.1)††

11.6 (3.0)

10.5 (2.7)

  1. † p = 0.007 no IF journals vs. high IF journals; †† p = 0.012 low IF journals vs. high IF journals
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