Table 4 Reported methodological quality of animal research published in three critical care journals in 2012: primary and composite outcomes
From: The methodological quality of animal research in critical care: the public face of science
Criterion | Number of 77 publications meeting criterion,n(%) [95% confidence interval] |
|---|---|
This study’s pre-defined primary outcome |  |
 Animal strain, sex, and weight or age described | 52 (68%) [56%, 77%] |
Composite quality outcomes | Â |
 Reported randomization and any blinding, and numbers given with denominators for the majority of outcomes | 14 (18%) [11%, 28%] |
 Criteria above and meeting this study’s pre-defined primary outcome of animal descriptors | 8 (10%) [5%, 19%] |
 Criteria above and reporting of allocation concealment, blinding of subjective outcomes, and no unaccounted animal numbers for the majority of outcomes | 0 (0%) [0%, 4%] |