Table 2.

Points to be covered in “Materials and methods”

Study period and type of institute

Subjects and control of the study

Type of the study

Ethical committee approval

Protection of human and animal rights has been taken care of

Study design, inclusion and exclusion criteria

Estimated sample size

Power calculation or rational of sample size

Actual steps of methods

Validation of research tool, biases if any

Blinding of observers done or no

Funding sources and conflicts of interest if any

Proposed Primary outcome

Proposed Secondary outcome

Statistical analysis and the tools used