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Creates CONSORT-style flowcharts showing participant flow through studies

Usage

flowchart(
  data,
  nodes,
  counts,
  direction = "TB",
  nodeWidth = 2.5,
  nodeHeight = 1,
  fontSize = 10,
  showPercentages = TRUE,
  showExclusions = TRUE,
  nodeColor = "blue",
  includeTitle = TRUE
)

Arguments

data

The data as a data frame.

nodes

Variables containing node descriptions/labels

counts

Variables containing counts for each node

direction

Direction of flowchart flow

nodeWidth

.

nodeHeight

.

fontSize

.

showPercentages

Show percentage of initial participants at each step

showExclusions

Show exclusion counts on edge labels

nodeColor

Color scheme for nodes

includeTitle

Include automatic title with flow statistics

Value

A results object containing:

results$todoa html
results$diagraman image
results$nodeDataa table

Tables can be converted to data frames with asDF or as.data.frame. For example:

results$nodeData$asDF

as.data.frame(results$nodeData)