Meta-analysis of repeated measures study designs

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 941-950

  Peters, Jaime L ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate data; Follow up; Longitudinal; Meta analysis; Repeated measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET, REDUCING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 55349102033     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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