The quality of reporting of RCTs used within a postoperative pain management meta-analysis, using the CONSORT statement

Table 4 Regression analysis for the Overall Reporting Quality ^a in 23 RCTs

Predictor variable	IRR	95% CI	Pvalue
Sample Size^b	0.791	(0.326, 1.919)	0.605
Impact Factor	0.934	(0.722, 1.208)	0.604
Journal adopted CONSORT Statement at the time of data collection.	0.938	(0.671, 1.312)	0.708
Funding reported	1.262	(0.837, 1.903)	0.266

CI: Confidence Interval; IRR: Incidence Rate Ratio.
^a Maximum Possible Score for the Overall Reporting Quality = 15.
^b The sample size variable was log(10) transformed. The value is an expression of the change in the average of the OQRS due to one unit increase in sample size in the log scale.

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