Effect sizes in cumulative meta-analyses of mental health randomized trials evolved over time

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1124-1130

  Trikalinos, Thomas A ^a,b   Churchill, Rachel ^c   Ferri, Marica ^d   Leucht, Stefan ^e   Tuunainen, Arja ^f   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^g   Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Italy ^*  (Italy)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bias; Effect size; Efficacy; Mental health; Meta analysis; Recursive cumulative meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644279552     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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