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. 2016;68(3):267–274. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2015-30

Table 3.

Odds Ratio for the Four Most Reported Outcomes Being Reported versus Not Reported for Any 10-Year Increment in Publication Year

10-year OR (95% CI)
Item Pain Disability Range of motion HRQOL
Bias 1.78 (1.17, 2.72) 2.54 (1.40, 4.59) 1.24 (0.77, 1.99) 2.41 (0.84, 6.91)
Data collection 1.78 (1.17, 2.70) 1.87 (1.04, 3.37) 1.25 (0.71, 2.22) 2.72 (0.94, 7.87)
Assessor 1.37 (0.97, 1.93) 1.45 (0.87, 2.40) 1.19 (0.74, 1.92) 2.39 (0.89, 6.39)
Timelines 1.34 (0.82, 2.19) 1.28 (0.63, 2.60) 1.14 (0.57, 2.28) 0.59 (0.13, 2.59)
Reliability 2.33 (1.57, 3.46) 5.64 (2.38, 13.34) 1.42 (0.87, 2.30) 0.95 (0.18, 4.86)
Properties 2.02 (1.35, 3.02) 1.07 (0.64, 1.81) 1.78 (1.06, 3.00) 0.66 (0.26, 1.70)
Instrument 2.36 (1.33, 4.17) 4.90 (1.59, 15.09) 4.41 (1.65, 11.78) *
Concept 1.48 (0.99, 2.20) 1.47 (0.84, 2.59) 1.70 (0.90, 3.22) 1.37 (0.51, 3.69)
*

It was not possible to fit the logistic model for Instrument because the proportion was almost always close to 1.

HRQOL=health-related quality of life.