Table 5 Blinding assessment. Absolutes values and percentages of answers selected by participants and assessor
Subjects’ guess, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Strongly active tSCS | Somewhat active tSCS | Strongly sham tSCS | Somewhat sham tSCS | Do not know | Total |
Active tSCS | 11 (40.7%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.7%) | 1 (3.7%) | 14 (51.85%) |
Sham tSCS | 9 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.7%) | 3 (11.11%) | 13 (48.14%) |
Total | 20 (74.07%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7.4%) | 4 (14.8%) | 27 (100%) |
Assessor’s guess, n (%) | ||||||
Intervention | Strongly actived tSCS | Somewhat active tSCS | Strongly sham tSCS | Somewhat sham tSCS | Do not know | Total |
Active tSCS | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (7.4%) | 11 (40.7%) | 14 |
Sham tSCS | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (14.8%) | 9 (33.3%) | 13 |
Total | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (22.22%) | 20 (74.07%) | 27 |