Characteristics and knowledge synthesis approach for 456 network meta-analyses: a scoping review

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• 作者：Wasifa Zarin ; Areti Angeliki Veroniki ; Vera Nincic ; Afshin Vafaei…
• 关键词：Mixed ; treatment ; Multiple treatments ; Research reporting ; ISPOR ; AMSTAR
• 刊名：BMC Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1431KB
• 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine, general;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1741-7015
• 卷排序：15

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BackgroundNetwork meta-analysis (NMA) has become a popular method to compare more than two treatments. This scoping review aimed to explore the characteristics and methodological quality of knowledge synthesis approaches underlying the NMA process. We also aimed to assess the statistical methods applied using the Analysis subdomain of the ISPOR checklist.