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Table 5 Summary of logistic regression analysis for reporting feasibility indicators and other related characteristics in studies considered Never Citers, Indirect Citers, and Citers (N = 367)

From: Use of guidelines, checklists, frameworks, and recommendations in behavioral intervention preliminary studies and associations with reporting comprehensiveness: a scoping bibliometric review

Feasibility-related reporting characteristics

Indirect Citersa

Citersa

N = 71

N = 167

Odds ratio

95% CIb

p-value

Odds ratio

95% CIb

p-value

Feasibility indicators

 Recruitment

0.83

0.44–1.54

0.544

1.78

0.97–3.28

0.065

 Retention

1.58

0.84–2.96

0.155

3.75

1.98–7.13

< 0.001

 Acceptability

2.39

1.29–4.45

0.006

14.15

6.43–31.15

< 0.001

 Adverse events

1.36

0.52–3.55

0.531

4.38

2.07–9.23

< 0.001

 Attendance

1.51

0.70–3.25

0.293

1.39

0.69–2.79

0.358

 Compliance

1.35

0.74–2.46

0.330

2.62

1.55–4.45

< 0.001

 Cost

0.91

0.22–3.73

0.891

4.35

1.66–11.40

0.003

 Data collection

1.01

0.33–3.14

0.984

4.35

1.93–9.78

< 0.001

 Treatment fidelity

2.12

1.05–4.29

0.036

8.82

4.73–16.44

< 0.001

Feasibility-related characteristics

 Title includes feasibility-related language

0.72

0.39–.34

0.303

1.51

0.82–2.78

0.188

 Feasibility mentioned in purpose statement

1.36

0.75–2.48

0.314

9.87

4.58–21.23

< 0.001

 Efficacy mentioned in purpose statement

0.77

0.43–1.38

0.379

0.54

0.32–0.91

0.020

 Progression criteria provided

1.86

0.26–13.51

0.539

17.04

3.91–74.29

< 0.001

 Statistical testing for efficacy

0.36

0.18–0.75

0.006

0.13

0.07–0.26

< 0.001

 Feasibility framed as primary outcome

1.37

0.76–2.48

0.296

9.66

4.63–20.17

< 0.001

 Feasibility of the study mentioned in conclusionc

1.95

0.95–4.03

0.070

6.31

2.43–16.36

< 0.001

 Efficacy of the study mentioned in conclusionc

0.67

0.35–1.28

0.223

0.50

0.26–0.99

0.046

 Caution advised regarding efficacyc

1.13

0.59–2.18

0.716

0.61

0.31–1.19

0.152

 Future testing suggestedc

0.46

0.33–1.59

0.223

0.26

0.08–0.84

0.024

  1. aNever Citers (N = 129) is the referent group
  2. b95% CI stands for 95% confidence interval
  3. cProtocols excluded from analysis
  4. Bold denotes significance at the p < 0.05 level