Journal article
K. THORLUND ET AL.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: - Meta-analyses of health-related quality of life (HRQL) outcomes present difficulties in interpretation when studies use different instruments to measure the same construct. Presentation of results in standard deviation units (standardized mean difference) is widely used but is limited by vulnerability to differential variability in populations enrolled and interpretational challenges.
OBJECTIVE: - The objective of this study is to …
Authors
Thorlund K; Walter SD; Johnston BC; Furukawa TA; Guyatt GH
Journal
Research Synthesis Methods, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 188–203
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
9 2011
DOI
10.1002/jrsm.46
ISSN
1759-2879