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Table 4 Distribution and adequacy of judgments when the joint domain is split according to various outcomes

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

 

Judgments for domains that were split for various outcomes

Whole sample

 

Overall

Different

All the same

 

Types of outcomes

N

(%N)

Adeq

N

(%N)

Adeq

N

(%N)

Adeq

N

(%N)

Adeq

All outcomesa

248

(40%)

40%

76

(37%)

74%

172

(41%)

26%

2634

83%

58%

Objectiveb

72

(12%)

75%

7

(3%)

57%

65

(16%)

77%

97

3%

81%

Subjective

300

(48%)

50%

121

(59%)

49%

179

(43%)

50%

438

14%

57%

Total

620

 

49%

204

 

58%

416

 

44%

3169

 

59%

  1. Adeq = Adequacy; aAll or not specified outcomes; bobjectively measured / subject independent