What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis?

被引：16
作者：
Cipriani, A. [1 ]
Barbui, C. [1 ]
Rizzo, C. [1 ]
Salanti, G. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Verona, Dept Publ Hlth & Community Med, Sect Psychiat & Clin Psychol, I-37134 Verona, Italy
[2] Univ Ioannina, Sch Med, Dept Hyg & Epidemiol, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
来源：
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES | 2012年 / 21卷 / 02期
基金：
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词：
indirect estimate; meta-analysis; mixed treatment comparison; network meta-analysis; ranking; systematic review;
D O I：
10.1017/S2045796011000837
中图分类号：
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号：
100205 ;
摘要：
Standard meta-analyses are an effective tool in evidence-based medicine, but one of their main drawbacks is that they can compare only two alternative treatments at a time. Moreover, if no trials exist which directly compare two interventions, it is not possible to estimate their relative efficacy. Multiple treatments meta-analyses use a meta-analytical technique that allows the incorporation of evidence from both direct and indirect comparisons from a network of trials of different interventions to estimate summary treatment effects as comprehensively and precisely as possible.
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页码：151 / 153
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