Table 3.

Items to report in journal or conference abstracts for social and psychological intervention trials [13]

Section	CONSORT Abstract item	Relevant CONSORT-SPI item
Title	Identification of the study as randomised
Authors	Contact details for the corresponding author
Trial design	Description of the trial design (e.g. parallel, cluster, noninferiority)	If the unit of random assignment is not the individual, refer to CONSORT for Cluster Randomised Trials and report the items included in its extension for abstracts [8]
Methods
Participants	Eligibility criteria for participants and the settings where the data were collected	When applicable, eligibility criteria for the setting of intervention delivery and the eligibility criteria for the persons who delivered the interventions
Interventions	Interventions intended for each group
Objective	Specific objective or hypothesis	If pre-specified, how the intervention was hypothesised to work
Outcomes	Clearly defined primary outcome for this report
Randomisation	How participants were allocated to interventions
Awareness of assignment	Who was aware of intervention assignment after allocation (for example, participants, providers, those assessing outcomes), and how any masking was done
Results
Number randomly assigned	Number randomised to each group
Recruitment	Trial status
Interventions		Extent to which interventions were actually delivered by providers and taken up by participants as planned
Number analysed	Number analysed in each group
Outcomes	For the primary outcome, a result for each group and the estimated effect size and its precision
Harms	Important adverse events or side effects
Conclusions	General interpretation of the results
Trial registration	Registration number and name of trial register
Funding	Source of funding