Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2018.367

NETWORK META-ANALYSIS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES AND CAVEATS

Sundar Gnanavel orcid.org/0000-0003-0384-7357 ; Child and adolescent mental health services, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS foundation trust, Morpeth, United Kingdom

Abstract

Network meta-analysis is a methodology for comparing different treatments or modalities including both direct comparisons and indirect comparisons based on a common comparator. While this provides a wealth of opportunities in psychiatric research, both designing a network meta-analysis and interpreting the same requires meticulous care. This brief reports lists key features of a network meta-analysis and highlights the importance of careful interpretation with a few examples from recent psychiatric research.

Keywords

network meta-analysis; research method; intrepretation

Hrčak ID:

206445

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/206445

Publication date:

1.10.2018.

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