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. 2016 Sep 9;4(3):e107. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.5720

Table 1.

Manually coded study variables from extracted ClinicalTrials.gov registry data.

Variable Coded values
Study purpose efficacy, safety/efficacy, observational
Trial sponsor academic, industry, collaboration
Targeted condition mental health, cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, asthma, obesity, other
Data collection points 1-3, 4+, continuous
Sample size 0-49, 50-99, 100-499, 500+
Study type interventional, observational
Control standard care, active, waitlist
Masking open, single-blind, double-blind
Group assignment single, parallel, three groups
Study site onsite, online
Study design 1 group pretest-posttest, 1 group posttest, 1-3 group posttest control, 2-3 group pretest-posttest control, 2-3 group posttest non-randomized control, observational