Table 3.
Items to report in journal or conference abstracts for social and psychological intervention trials [39]
| 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 [33] |
| Methods | ||
| Participants | Eligibility criteria for participants and the settings where the data were collected | When applicable, the eligibility criteria for the setting of the 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 | |