Honey, i shrunk the pooled SMD! Guide to critical appraisal of systematic reviews and meta-analyses using the Cochrane review on exercise for depression as example

Mental Health and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-36

  Ekkekakis, Panteleimon ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Exclusion criteria; Inclusion criteria; Methodological quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; EDITOR; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; WALKING;

EID: 84922569003     PISSN: 17552966     EISSN: 18780199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2014.12.001     Document Type: Review

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