dat.sc: A Network Meta-Analysis on Smoking Cessation

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A Network Meta-Analysis on Smoking Cessation

Description

The dataset is extracted from Lu and Ades (2006); it was initially reported by Hasselblad (1998) (without performing a formal network meta-analysis).

Usage

data("dat.sc")

Format

A dataset of network meta-analysis with binary outcomes, containing 24 studies and 4 treatments.

sid

study IDs.

tid

treatment IDs.

r

event counts.

n

sample sizes.

Details

Treatment IDs represent: 1)no contact; 2) selfhelp; 3) individual counseling; and 4) group counseling.

Source

Hasselblad V (1998). "Meta-analysis of multitreatment studies." Medical Decision Making, 18(1), 37–43. <doi: 10.1177/0272989X9801800110>

Lu G, Ades AE (2006). "Assessing evidence inconsistency in mixed treatment comparisons." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101(474), 447–459. <doi: 10.1198/016214505000001302>

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