Table 2.
Returned participant study logs error typology
| Error typea | Returned logs
|
|
|---|---|---|
| N=826
| ||
| n | % | |
| White-outs, cross-offs and/or overwrites | 489 | 59.2 |
| Entries omitted (temperatures and/or before or after treatment times) | 288 | 34.9 |
| Morning leg skin temperature monitoring not performed | 243 | 29.4 |
| Cooling intervention not performed per protocol | 237 | 28.7 |
| Extraneous data recorded | 221 | 26.8 |
| Recorded cooling intervention time not per protocol (<30 or >40 minutes) | 208 | 25.2 |
| Wrong monthly/weekly sheet used | 92 | 11.1 |
| Suspected fabrication of data (patterns of columned handwriting, etc) | 71 | 8.6 |
| Not all monthly/weekly sheets returned | 71 | 8.6 |
| Illegible hand writing | 68 | 8.2 |
| Questionable validity of data (severely extreme values, etc) | 63 | 7.6 |
| Use of dittos or arrows | 55 | 6.7 |
| Data recorded in wrong box | 38 | 4.6 |
| Freezer temperature not maintained per protocol at 0°C (±2°C) | 38 | 4.6 |
| Monthly log returned but completely unusable | 36 | 4.4 |
| Weekly sheets returned in wrong order | 29 | 3.5 |
| Multiple data entry in the same box | 17 | 2.1 |
| Monthly logs returned blank | 16 | 1.9 |
Note:
a
Error types are not mutually exclusive, therefore percentages do not sum to 100%.