Meta-analysis is a statistical method allowing to combine results of two or more studies. A well-designed, planned, and performed systematic review of the literature is a fundamental prerequisite in performing meta-analysis. The present chapter will analyze all the processes involved in the development of a meta-analysis in order to make the reader able to correctly understand and interpret the results. In this chapter we will describe the literature review process and all the other passages including appropriateness definition, effect measures choice, study quality assessment, forest plot, funnel plot, sensitivity analysis, and heterogeneity.
Ceresoli, M., Abu-Zidan, F., Coccolini, F. (2022). Meta-Analysis. In M. Ceresoli, F.M. Abu-Zidan, K.L. Staudenmayer, F. Catena, F. Coccolini (a cura di), Statistics and Research Methods for Acute Care and General Surgeons (pp. 109-123). Springer, Cham [10.1007/978-3-031-13818-8_9].
Meta-Analysis
Ceresoli, Marco
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2022
Abstract
Meta-analysis is a statistical method allowing to combine results of two or more studies. A well-designed, planned, and performed systematic review of the literature is a fundamental prerequisite in performing meta-analysis. The present chapter will analyze all the processes involved in the development of a meta-analysis in order to make the reader able to correctly understand and interpret the results. In this chapter we will describe the literature review process and all the other passages including appropriateness definition, effect measures choice, study quality assessment, forest plot, funnel plot, sensitivity analysis, and heterogeneity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.