Many healthcare interventions are complex, consisting of multiple, possibly interacting, components. Several methodological articles addressing complex interventions in the metaanalytical context have been published. We hereby provide an overview of methods used to evaluate the effects of complex interventions with meta-analytical models. We summarized the methodology, highlighted new developments, and described the benefits, drawbacks, and potential challenges of each identified method. We expect meta-analytical methods focusing on components of several multicomponent interventions to become increasingly popular due to recently developed, easy-to-use, software tools that can be used to conduct the relevant analyses. The different meta-analytical methods are illustrated through two examples comparing psychotherapies for panic disorder. Copyright:
A review of methods for addressing components of interventions in meta-analysis / Petropoulou, M.; Efthimiou, O.; Rucker, G.; Schwarzer, G.; Furukawa, T. A.; Pompoli, A.; Koek, H. L.; Del Giovane, C.; Rodondi, N.; Mavridis, D.. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 16:2(2021), pp. e0246631-N/A. [10.1371/journal.pone.0246631]
A review of methods for addressing components of interventions in meta-analysis
Del Giovane C.;
2021
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Many healthcare interventions are complex, consisting of multiple, possibly interacting, components. Several methodological articles addressing complex interventions in the metaanalytical context have been published. We hereby provide an overview of methods used to evaluate the effects of complex interventions with meta-analytical models. We summarized the methodology, highlighted new developments, and described the benefits, drawbacks, and potential challenges of each identified method. We expect meta-analytical methods focusing on components of several multicomponent interventions to become increasingly popular due to recently developed, easy-to-use, software tools that can be used to conduct the relevant analyses. The different meta-analytical methods are illustrated through two examples comparing psychotherapies for panic disorder. Copyright:
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