Journal article
Spie charts for quantifying treatment effectiveness and safety in multiple outcome network meta-analysis: a proof-of-concept study
Abstract
BackgroundNetwork meta-analysis (NMA) simultaneously synthesises direct and indirect evidence on the relative efficacy and safety of at least three treatments. A decision maker may use the coherent results of an NMA to determine which treatment is best for a given outcome. However, this evidence must be balanced across multiple outcomes. This study aims to provide a framework that permits the objective integration of the comparative …
Authors
Daly CH; Mbuagbaw L; Thabane L; Straus SE; Hamid JS
Journal
BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1186/s12874-020-01128-2
ISSN
1471-2288