Description
Credit sham-specific time and optionally shared time; nonSham is total minus credited sham.
Acupuncture research records distinguish reporting completeness, source editions, treatment-contact labels, outcome direction and missing-outcome scenarios. These tools organize benign study or public-source metadata; they do not provide treatment instructions, locate intervention sites or determine safety or efficacy. Reporting support and clinical evidence are different questions.
Credit sham-specific time and optionally shared time; nonSham is total minus credited sham.
When to use this tool
Use Study Sham Contact Time Credit when checking the stated benign study-record, public-source or reporting convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter totalContact, shamSpecific, sharedContact, creditShared. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read creditedSham, nonSham. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative total, sham-specific and shared contact with specific+shared<=total. Credit sham-specific time and optionally shared time; nonSham is total minus credited sham.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| totalContact | Total Contact | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| shamSpecific | Sham Specific | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| sharedContact | Shared Contact | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| creditShared | Credit Shared | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| creditedSham | Credited Sham | Required. Finite number. |
| nonSham | Non Sham | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"totalContact": 60,
"shamSpecific": 20,
"sharedContact": 10,
"creditShared": true
},
"output": {
"creditedSham": 30,
"nonSham": 30
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Shared-time attribution is a caller convention; no intervention equivalence, blinding quality or clinical effect is inferred.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the original protocol, registry, reports and appropriate complete research methods; consult qualified health professionals for actual care or clinical interpretation.
References
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