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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Mar;61(3):361–369. doi: 10.1002/art.24279
Description of participants Percentage of the following baseline data reported
  1. Age

  2. Sex

  3. Weight/body mass index

  4. Ethnicity

  5. Duration of disease

  6. Measure of function status

  7. Level of pain

  8. Description of radiographic evidence of damage

  9. NSAIDs/other drugs

  10. Coexisting diseases


Intervention Percentage of the following data describing the intervention reported
Pharmacological Treatment
  1. Route of administration

  2. Dosage

  3. Duration of treatment

  4. Frequency of treatment

  5. Compliance of patients

Devices
  1. Manufacturer

  2. Description of the devices

  3. Compliance of patients

Surgery
  1. Type of anesthesia

  2. Pre-operative care

  3. Post-operative care

  4. Technical procedure

  5. Compliance of care providers

Rehabilitation
  1. Number of sessions

  2. Timing of sessions

  3. Duration of each session

  4. Content of each session

  5. Mode of delivery

  6. Supervision or not of the session

  7. Compliance of patients


Context Percentage of the following data related to the context reported
  1. Location of recruitment

  2. Setting of recruitment

  3. Country where the trial took place

  4. Number of centers

  5. Details of the centers (e.g., name, center resources, center expertise, center organization)

  6. Number of patients recruited in each center

  7. Details of care provider (qualification, name, experience, year of practice)

  8. Number of care providers participating