We used Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) to measure the agreement between the assessors' assessment of study reporting quality.
For example, assessment of reporting of eligibility criteria was limited by data extractors not being intimately familiar with the clinical topic of every RCT.
An assessment of reporting completeness to SMI identified 98.5% completeness (range 84.6%99.6%%) for tularemia reports (1998 2002) (6 ).
For the detailed assessment of reporting quality, we selected a random sample of 343 newspaper stories.
The methodological quality was high, except for the assessment of reporting bias.
As a consequence, FP records facilitate research on clinical assessment of reported symptoms.
13 15 17 An assessment of reporting of harms within subgroup analysis was only carried out within one study.
Following comparative assessment of reporting completeness, accuracy and communication burden, these data will be added to the regression model.
This study is unique in its assessment of reported preventive care across a large population-based sample.
Given the small number of studies and number of trials reporting different outcomes measures formal assessment of reporting bias, plotting on funnel plot, was not performed.
However, as noted above in the funnel plot analyses for overall assessment of reporting bias, symmetry was noted, indicating low expectation of reporting bias.
