Graphical Tools for Network Meta-Analysis in STATA

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 10; p. e76654
• Main Authors: Chaimani, Anna, Higgins, Julian P. T., Mavridis, Dimitris, Spyridonos, Panagiota, Salanti, Georgia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 03.10.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accessibility; Acute Disease; Antimanic Agents - therapeutic use; Antirheumatic Agents - therapeutic use; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - drug therapy; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - physiopathology; Bias; Bipolar Disorder - drug therapy; Bipolar Disorder - physiopathology; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical trials; Computer applications; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Decision making; Epidemiology; Humans; Hygiene; Mathematical models; Medicine; Meta-analysis; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Models, Statistical; Odds Ratio; Research Design; Researchers; Studies; Treatment Outcome; Greece; United Kingdom > UK

Network meta-analysis synthesizes direct and indirect evidence in a network of trials that compare multiple interventions and has the potential to rank the competing treatments according to the studied outcome. Despite its usefulness network meta-analysis is often criticized for its complexity and f...