get.dataset: Get the selected dataset

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Get the selected dataset

Description

Retrieving a dataset with study-level aggregate clinical and methodological characteristics (that may act as effect modifiers) extracted from the selected systematic review of the database.

Usage

get.dataset(pmid, show.index = FALSE, show.type = FALSE)

Arguments

pmid	A scalar with the PMID number of the systematic review found in the database.
show.index	Logical to indicate whether to return a data-frame with the full name of the abbreviated characteristics. The default is FALSE (do not report).
show.type	Logical to indicate whether to return a data-frame with the type (Demographic, Clinical, Methodological) and subtype (Age, Ethnicity, Intervention, Outcome, Participant, Risk of bias, Sex, Study design, Study setting, Withdrawals) of the characteristics. The default is FALSE (do not report).

Details

The selected dataset refers to a connected network for a specific outcome studied in the corresponding systematic review. Each characteristic occupies one column in the dataset. Characteristics pertaining to intervention features occupied one column for the experimental and another for the control treatment in the corresponding comparison.

Value

get.dataset returns the following:

Dataset	A data-frame (tibble style) with rows referring to the studies and columns to the study-level aggregate characteristics as extracted from the report of the corresponding systematic review.
Characteristics_index	A data-frame (tibble style) with the rows referring to the extracted characteristics (abbreviated name) and columns to the their full name (if show.index = TRUE), their type and subtype (if show.type = TRUE).

Author(s)

Loukia M. Spineli

Examples

get.dataset(pmid = 25626481)

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