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Table 3 Safety of Reporting: Quantitative measures

From: An evaluation of the completeness of safety reporting in reports of complementary and alternative medicine trials

 

Percentage of words for safety reporting

Relative emphasis on safety reporting, No. (%)

Other sources of safety data, No. (%)

Intervention

Body of the text, median (Q1-Q3)

Results section, median (Q1-Q3)

Safety < affiliations

Safety = affiliations

Safety > affiliations

= 1 Table for safety data

= 1 Figure for safety data

Additional resources

Acupuncture, n = 75

0.7 (0.0-2.0)

1.2 (0.0-9.0)

56 (75)

1 (1)

18 (24)

7 (9)

3 (4)

2 (3)

Chinese herbal Medicine, n = 46

1.5 (0.0-5.1)

7.1 (0.0-15.7)

27 (59)

1 (2)

18 (39)

6 (13)

-

-

Chiropractic, n = 6

2.0 (0.1-3.7)

1.8 (0.0-15.3)

3 (50)

-

3 (50)

1 (17)

1 (17)

-

Coenzyme Q-10, n = 8

1.2 (0.0-3.1)

1.9 (0.0-5.1)

6 (75)

-

2 (25)

1 (13)

1 (13)

-

Combination herbal products, n = 11

2.7 (1.0-4.5)

6.6 (0.5-13.3)

5 (45)

1 (9)

5 (45)

2 (18)

2 (18)

1 (9)

Fish oil/Omega 3, n = 29

0.0 (0.0-1.8)

0.0 (0.0-6.9)

21 (72)

1 (3)

7 (24)

1 (3)

3 (10)

1 (3)

Flax Seed, n = 6

0.0 (0.0-1.4)

0.0 (0.0-6.0)

5 (83)

-

1 (17)

-

-

-

Garlic supplements, n = 2

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

2 (100)

-

-

-

-

2 (100)

Gingko Biloba, n = 4

1.6 (1.5-1.9)

9.0 (7.4-11.7)

4 (100)

-

-

-

-

1 (25)

Ginseng, n = 6

0.5 (0.0-2.1)

2.0 (0.0-0.6)

5 (83)

-

1 (17)

1 (17)

-

-

Glucosamine, n = 3

0.0 (0.0-2.4)

0.0 (0.0-3.5)

2 (67)

-

1 (33)

-

-

-

Massage, n = 1

-

-

1 (100)

-

-

-

-

-

Traditional medicine, n = 8

3.6 (1.1-8.4)

9.1 (3.3-21.6)

4 (50)

-

4 (50)

2 (25)

-

-

TOTAL (n = 205)

0.9 (0.0-3.3)

2.6 (0.0-11.1)

141 (69)

4 (2)

60 (29)

21 (10)

10 (5)

7 (34)