pain: Pain data

In pimeta: Prediction Intervals for Random-Effects Meta-Analysis

Description

The pain data (Riley et al., 2011; Hauser et al., 2009) included 22 studies comparing the treatment effect of antidepressants on reducing pain in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome. The treatment effects were summarized using standardized mean differences on a visual analog scale for pain between the antidepressant group and control group. Negative estimates indicate the reduction of pain in the antidepressant group.

Usage

data(pain)

Format

A data frame with 22 rows and 2 variables

Details

• y: Standardized mean difference

• sigmak: Standard error

References

Hauser, W., Bernardy, K, Uceyler, N., and Sommer, C. (2009). Treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome with antidepressants: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 301(2): 198-209. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2008.944

Riley, R. D., Higgins, J. P. T, and Deeks, J. J. (2011). Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses. BMJ. 342: d549. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d549

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