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A large-scale assessment of temporal trends in meta-analyses using systematic review reports from the Cochrane Library
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Introduction: Previous studies suggest many systematic reviews contain meta-analyses that display temporal trends, such as the first study’s result being more extreme than later studies’, or a drift in the pooled estimate. We assessed the extent and characteristics of temporal trends using all Cochrane intervention reports published 2008-2012.
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Methods: We selected the largest meta-analysis within each report and analysed trends using methods including a Z-test (first versus subseq...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute of Health Research
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Internship(LS)(NIHR-RMFI-2015-05-015
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Research Synthesis Methods Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 404–415
- Publication date:
- 2017-05-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1759-2887
- ISSN:
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1759-2879
- Source identifiers:
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680723
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- pubs:680723
- Deposit date:
- 2017-02-20
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- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1238
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