Table 2.

Performance of new reviewers by group

Variable	Control (n = 22)	Mentored (n = 24)
Mean number of invitations to review (95%CI)	15 (5 to 24)	23 (14 to 32)
Mean number of reviews declined (95%CI)	2 (0 to 4)	5 (3 to 6)
Percent of invitations declined (95%CI)	13% (5% to 22%)	23% (15% to 32%)
Mean number of reviews completed (95%CI)	10 (6 to 14)	10 (6 to 14)
Mean review score all reviews (95%CI)	3.4 (3.1 to 3.8)	3.5 (3.2 to 3.9)
Mean review score for the first 3 reviews (95%CI)	3.5 (3.1 to 3.9)	3.5 (3.2 to 3.9)
Mean slope of change of review scores (95%CI)	-0.23 (-0.66 to -0.18)	-0.55 (-0.83 to -0.27)