Table 1.
Comparison of characteristics and baseline scores for reviewers who completed the first review only and those who completed at least two reviews. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
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Review 1 only
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At least two reviews
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| Total (n=82) | Control (n=11) | Self taught (n=46) | Face to face (n=25) | Total (n=440) | Control (n=162) | Self taught (n=120) | Face to face (n=158) | |
| Characteristics | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) age in years | 50.5 (8.1) | 50.0 (10.6) | 50.7 (6.5) | 50.6 (9.7) | 49.4 (8.4) | 49.6 (8.3) | 48.9 (9.2) | 49.4 (7.7) |
| Male | 59 (72) | 7 (64) | 32 (70) | 20 (80) | 320 (73) | 118 (73) | 88 (73) | 114 (72) |
| Current investigator | 68 (83) | 8 (73) | 38 (83) | 22 (88) | 364 (83) | 132 (82) | 102 (85) | 130 (83) |
| Postgraduate training in epidemiology | 27 (33) | 6 (55) | 8 (18) | 13 (52) | 166 (38) | 63 (39) | 51 (43) | 52 (33) |
| Postgraduate training in statistics | 39 (48) | 7 (64) | 17 (37) | 15 (60) | 241 (55) | 89 (55) | 69 (58) | 83 (53) |
| Editorial board member | 45 (55) | 5 (46) | 26 (57) | 14 (56) | 208 (47) | 83 (51) | 51 (43) | 74 (47) |
| Baseline scores | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) RQI total score* | 2.60 (0.7) | 3.02 (0.5) | 2.55 (0.8) | 2.51 (0.7) | 2.73 (0.7) | 2.65 (0.8) | 2.80 (0.6) | 2.75 (0.7) |
| Mean (SD) No of major errors identified† | 2.11 (1.6) | 2.82 (2.0) | 2.08 (1.5) | 1.84 (1.5) | 2.67 (1.9) | 2.35 (2.0) | 2.91 (1.8) | 2.82 (1.9) |
| Mean (SD) time taken in minutes | 138.8 (99.9) | 143.2 (97.3) | 137.1 (96.5) | 139.8 (110.5) | 136.0 (87.8) | 129.1 (75.2) | 141.4 (93.0) | 138.8 (95.6) |
| Proportion recommending rejection | 44/76 (58) | 7/10 (70) | 22/42 (52) | 15/24 (63) | 290/414 (70) | 105/156 (67) | 82/113 (73) | 103/145 (71) |
RQI=review quality instrument.
*
Total scores range from 1 to 5; higher scores reflect higher review quality (average of two raters' scores).
†
Number of nine major errors identified (average of two raters' scores).