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Table 1 Intended review type versus actual types of included trials

From: Children in reviews: Methodological issues in child-relevant evidence syntheses

  

Intended Review Type

 
  

Adult Reviews

N = 67 (%)

Child Reviews

N = 45 (%)

Mixed Reviews

N = 153 (%)

Not specified Reviews

N = 143 (%)

Total

N = 408 (%)

Actual type of included trials       

Adult only

37 (55)

0 (0)

17 (11)

24 (17)

78 (19)

 

Child only

0 (0)

36 (80)

8 (5)

6 (4)

50 (12)

 

Mixed

9 (13)

7 (16)

96 (63)

51 (36)

163 (40)

 

Uncertain

18 (27)

2 (4)

24 (17)

50 (33)

94 (23)

 

No trials

3 (4)

0 (0)

8 (5)

12 (8)

23 (6)