Rescaling pain intensity measures for meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain appears justified: an empirical examination from randomised trials

Rescaling pain intensity measures for meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain appears justified: an empirical examination from randomised trials

Abstract Objective Meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain often rescale measures of pain intensity to use mean difference (MD) instead of standardised mean difference for pooled estimates. Although this improves clinical interpretability, it is not clear whether this method is justif...

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Main Authors: Michael A. Wewege, Matthew D. Jones, Sam A. Williams, Steven J. Kamper, James H. McAuley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Low Back Pain
Pain Measurement
Systematic Reviews as Topic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01763-x

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