Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2011 Feb 22;31(7):606–618. doi: 10.1002/sim.4034

Table 4.

Different Types of Primary Outcomes Reported in Results

Primary outcomes Efficacy
studies
Effectiveness
studies
Unspecified
studies
Total
Subjective 27 (60%) 26 (60%) 8 (42%) 61 (57%)
Objective 9 (20%) 9 (20%) 7 (37%) 25 (23%)
Both Subjective and
Objective
9 (20%) 9 (20%) 4 (21%) 22 (20%)
Total 45 (100%) 44 (100%) 19 (100%) 108 (100%)