Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?
The LancetPublished 1 August 1998
David Moher, Ba’ Pham, Alison Jones, D’Arcy Duquette, Alejandro R. Jadad, M Moher
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Study of low methodological quality in which the estimate of quality is incorporated into the meta-analyses can alter the interpretation of the benefit of intervention, whether a scale or component approach is used in the assessment of trial quality.
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Studies of low methodological quality in which the estimate of quality is incorporated into the meta-analyses can alter the interpretation of the benefit of intervention, whether a scale or component approach is used in the assessment of trial quality.
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