Journal article
Predictors of Increased Fragility Index Scores in Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: An Umbrella Review
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The fragility index (FI) is defined as the minimum number of patients or subjects needed to switch experimental groups for statistical significance to be lost in a randomized control trial (RCT). This index is used to determine the robustness of a study's findings and recently as a measure of evaluating RCT quality. The objective of this review was to identify and describe published systematic reviews utilizing FI to evaluate …
Authors
Vivekanantha P; Shah A; Hoit G; Ayeni O; Whelan D
Journal
World Journal of Surgery, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 1163–1173
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2023
DOI
10.1007/s00268-023-06928-3
ISSN
0364-2313