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Table 3 Distribution and adequacy of judgments in the joint blinding domain for subjective outcomes classified as subjective

From: Assessing the risk of performance and detection bias in Cochrane reviews as a joint domain is less accurate compared to two separate domains

Outcome category

Reassessments of judgments in our study

Total

Inadequate

Judgment by Cochrane authors

High risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

N (%)

judgments N (% total)

Clinician RRRa

92

41

120

253

(57.8%)

111

(59.4%)

High risk

60

2

20

82

(32.4%)

22

(11.8%)

Low risk

8

30

48

86

(34.0%)

56

(29.9%)

Unclear risk

24

9

52

85

(33.6%)

33

(17.6%)

Patient RRRa

63

9

36

108

(24.7%)

46

(24.6%)

High risk

36

0

17

53

(49.1%)

17

(9.1%)

Low risk

2

9

2

13

(12.0%)

4

(2.1%)

Unclear risk

25

0

17

42

(38.9%)

25

(13.4%)

Subjective

58

2

17

77

(17.6%)

30

(16.0%)

High risk

38

0

0

38

(49.4%)

0

(0.0%)

Low risk

1

2

10

13

(16.9%)

11

(5.9%)

Unclear risk

19

0

7

26

(33.8%)

19

(10.2%)

Total

213 (48.6%)

52 (11.9%)

173 (39.5%)

438

(100%)

187

(42.7%)

  1. a RRR =—rated /—related /—reported