| Strategy of Spin |
|
|
| Focus on statistically significant results (within-group comparisons, secondary outcomes, subgroup analysis, modified population of analysis) |
4 |
4 |
| Interpreting the negative results of primary outcome as showing equivalence |
2 |
0 |
| Claiming or emphasizing the non-inferiority despite not-establishing non- inferiority/inconclusive |
5 |
1 |
| Extent of spin in abstract |
|
|
| Results section only |
0 |
0 |
| Conclusions section only |
4 |
0 |
| Results and conclusions sections |
3 |
3 |
| Level of spin in conclusions of the abstract |
|
|
| High spin |
5 |
1 |
| Moderate spin |
1 |
0 |
| Low spin |
1 |
2 |
| Extent of spin in main text |
|
|
| Discussion section only |
1 |
1 |
| Conclusions section only |
0 |
1 |
| Discussion and conclusions sections |
2 |
1 |
| Results and discussion sections |
2 |
1 |
| Results and conclusions sections |
1 |
0 |
| Results, discussion and conclusions sections |
1 |
0 |
| Level of spin in conclusions of the main text |
|
|
| High spin |
3 |
1 |
| Moderate spin |
3 |
0 |
| Low spin |
1 |
3 |
