Table 3.
Level of evidence and quality analysis of data for prospective randomized trials with section raw scores, overall scores and percentages (n= 2)
| Title and abst. | Bgd. | Des. | Partic. | Int. | Outc. | Sp. sz. | Seq. | Alloc. | Imp. | Bld. | Stat. mtd. | Part. flow | Recru. | Basel. data | No. anal. | Outc. and estim. | Anc. anal. | Hms. | Lim. | Gen. | Inter. | Oth. | n/N | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Landrigan et al. [16] (CWS) Level 2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 25/37 |
| 68% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rothschild et al. [18] (IS) Level 2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 27/37 |
| 73% |
Note. For levels of evidence, level 1 refers to systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, level 2 refers to randomized trials, or observational studies with dramatic effects, level 3 refers to a non-randomized controlled cohort, follow-up study, level 4 refers to case series, case-control studies or historically controlled studies and level 5 refers to mechanism-based reasoning. CWS refers to changes in work schedules and IS refers to intravenous systems. The following abbreviations were used in the table: Title and abst., Title and abstract; Bgd., Background; Des., Design; Partic., Participants; Int., Interventions; Outc., Outcomes; Sp. sz., Sample size; Seq., Sequence generation; Alloc., Allocation; Imp., Implementation; Bld., Blinding; Stat. mtd., Statistical methods; Part. flow, Participant flow; Recru., Recruitment; Basel. data, Baseline data; No. anal., Numbers analyzed; Outc. and estim., Outcomes and estimation; Anc. anal., Ancillary analyses; Hms., Harms; Lim., Limitations; Gen., Generalizability; Inter., Interpretation; Oth., Other information, including registration, protocol, and funding.