Table 2.
Details of Preemptive Press Release
| n = 172 | |
|---|---|
| Timing prior to peer-review publication | 246 days (IQR 169, 366) |
| Press release source (n, %) | |
| Funder website | 143 (83) |
| 20 (12) | |
| Factiva | 6 (4) |
| Other | 3 (2) |
| Tone of press release headline* (n, %) | |
| Positive | 139 (81) |
| Negative | 4 (2) |
| Neutral | 27 (16) |
| Primary outcome result (n, %) | |
| Positive | 146 (85) |
| Negative | 3 (2) |
| Neutral | 23 (13) |
| Discussion of secondary endpoints (n, %) | |
| One or more paragraph | 55 (32) |
| Less than one paragraph | 36 (21) |
| Not discussed | 79 (46) |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range, denotes the first and third quartile. *Note: These results reflect manual human interpretation of press release headlines conducted by the study team; two studies had a missing headline and press-release