dat.beck17: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence of Depression or Depressive...

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A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence of Depression or Depressive Symptoms Among Medical Students

Description

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of proportions.

Usage

data("dat.beck17")

Format

A data frame with 6 studies with the following 2 variables within each study.

e

event counts of samples with depression or depressive symptoms.

n

sample sizes.

Details

The original article by Rotenstein et al. (2016) stratified all extracted studies based on various screening instruments and cutoff scores. This dataset focuses on the meta-analysis of 6 studies with Beck Depression Inventory Score ≥q17.

Source

Rotenstein LS, Ramos MA, Torre M, Segal JB, Peluso MJ, Guille C, Sen S, Mata DA (2016). "Prevalence of depression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation among medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis." JAMA, 316(21), 2214–2236. <doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.17324>


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