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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739468403321

Autore

Kumar Anoop

Titolo

Meta-analysis in Clinical Research: Principles and Procedures / / by Anoop Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789819923700

9819923700

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 pages)

Disciplina

610.72

Soggetti

Pharmacology

Medical sciences

Drug development

Biologicals

Biopharmaceutics

Preclinical Research

Biologics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1_Introduction -- Chapter2_Systematic literature review (SLR) -- Chapter 3_Registration and software’s -- Chapter 4_Quality Assessment of Studies -- Chapter 5_Extraction and Analysis of data -- Chapter 6_Models in Meta-analysis -- Chapter 7_Heterogeneity and Publications bias -- Chapter 8_Sensitivity and subgroup analysis -- Chapter 9_Meta-regression -- Chapter 10_Plots in Meta-analysis -- Chapter 11_Network Meta-analysis -- Chapter 12_Common mistakes -- Chapter 13_Challenges -- Chapter 14_Future Perspectives -- Chapter 15_Future perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides conceptual information on the various processes involved in meta-analysis. It examines the importance of meta-analysis for the analyses of clinical data to draw a valid conclusion using suitable software. The initial sections of the book introduce meta-analysis, how to perform a systematic literature review (SLR), quality assessment of studies, extraction, and analysis of data. The subsequent section of the book contains information on advanced topics including,



meta-regression, network meta-analysis, issues, mistakes, and future perspectives. In summary, the book provides a statistical method for combining the results of different studies on the same topic and resolving conflicts among studies. This book is written with the intent to allow a wide range of readers including students, researchers, and health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and paramedical, and is also helpful for a beginner who would like to do a meta-analysis.