Table 8.

Surveyed corresponding authors’ responses regarding who was blinded in their trials of those described as double-blinded and what is their personal definition of who is blinded in a single-blind, double-blind and triple-blind trial (total participants: N=40)

Blinding scenarios	Participants, N	Healthcare providers such as physicians or nurses taking care of a participant, n	Data collectors, n	Outcome assessors, n	Data analysts, n	Manuscript writers, n
Who was blinded in your trial described as a double-blind?	34	31	32	28	18	10
What is your personal definition of a single-blind trial?	30	5	5	7	4	0
What is your personal definition of a double-blind trial?	37	33	30	25	12	4
What is your personal definition of a triple-blind trial?	34	34	31	31	26	12