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F.4 If comparisons are being made between two or more groups, please specify the basis of any
divisions made for making these comparisons.
Please give further details where possible. |
F.4.1 Not applicable (not more than one group) F.4.2 Prospective allocation into more than one group F.4.3 No prospective allocation but use of pre-existing F.4.4 Other (please specify) F.4.5 Not stated/unclear (please specify) |
F.5 How do the groups differ? |
F.5.1 Not applicable (not more than one group) F.5.2 Explicitly stated (please specify) F.5.3 Implicit (please specify) F.5.4 Not stated/unclear (please specify) |
F.6 Number of groups
For instance, in studies in which comparisons are made |
F.6.1 Not applicable (not more than one group) F.6.2 One F.6.3 Two F.6.4 Three F.6.5 Four or more (please specify) F.6.6 Other/unclear (please specify) |
F.7 If prospective allocation into more than one group, what was the unit of allocation?
Please indicate all that apply and give further details |
F.7.1 Not applicable (not more than one group) F.7.2 Not applicable (no prospective allocation) F.7.3 Individuals F.7.4 Groupings or clusters of individuals (details) F.7.5 Other (e.g. individuals or groups acting as their F.7.6 Not stated/unclear (please specify) |
F.8 Study design summary
In addition to answering the questions in this section, |
F.8.1 Details Specify whether the study was a randomised controlled You could also mention how many groups were N.B. This questions will be used in the tabular analysis |