结果的时间点在针元分析中经常被忽视:一个方法调查调查
Xiaoying Zhong1, Jiaxin Liu2, Huanwen Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome/School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China; Intelligent Chinese Medicine Research Institute, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
|February 4, 2024
概括
在针元分析中报告结果时间点缺乏透明度. 未来的系统性审查应强调明确报告测量时间点,并利用先进的方法来聚合效应大小.
科学领域:
- 基于证据的医学是基于证据的医学.
- 系统性审查和元分析.
- 补充和替代医学 补充和替代医学
背景情况:
- 分析对于综合来自多项研究的证据至关重要.
- 针是一种广泛研究的补充疗法.
- 对结果测量时间点的一致报告对于可靠的元分析合成至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在针元分析中系统评估结果测量时间点报告的透明度.
- 发现报告时间点和汇集不同时间点数据的方法中的缺陷.
主要方法:
- 2013年至2022年间发表的针元分析的系统搜索.
- 由经过培训的调查人员使用标准化问卷提取数据.
- 结果测量时间点报告的详细文件.
主要成果:
- 包括224个元分析;43.8%未能指定主要结果的时间点.
- 只有17.5%的研究报告时间点在协议中指定它们.
- 用不适当的方法将多个时间点的数据汇集在一起,没有使用先进的方法.
结论:
- 在针元分析中报告结果时间点方面存在显著的透明度缺失.
- 需要在协议和最终报告中改进报告标准.
- 应考虑使用先进的统计方法,将多个时间点的效应大小汇集在一起,以增强证据综合.
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