A review of methods for addressing components of interventions in meta-analysis

Abstract: Many healthcare interventions are complex, consisting of multiple, possibly interacting, components. Several methodological articles addressing complex interventions in the meta-analytical context have been published. We hereby provide an overview of methods used to evaluate the effects of complex interventions with meta-analytical models. We summarized the methodology, highlighted new developments, and described the benefits, drawbacks, and potential challenges of each identified method. We expect meta-analytical methods focusing on components of several multicomponent interventions to become increasingly popular due to recently developed, easy-to-use, software tools that can be used to conduct the relevant analyses. The different meta-analytical methods are illustrated through two examples comparing psychotherapies for panic disorder

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: PLOS ONE. - 16, 2 (2021) , e0246631, ISSN: 1932-6203

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Petropoulou, Maria ; Efthimiou, Orestis ; Rücker, Gerta ; Schwarzer, Guido ; Furukawa, Toshi A. ; Pompoli, Alessandro ; Koek, Huiberdina L. ; Del Giovane, Cinzia ; Rodondi, Nicolas ; Mavridis, Dimitris

Further information

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246631
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1942560
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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