A large-scale assessment of temporal trends in meta-analyses using systematic review reports from the Cochrane Library

Introduction: Previous studies suggest many systematic reviews contain meta-analyses that display temporal trends, such as the first study’s result being more extreme than later studies’, or a drift in the pooled estimate. We assessed the extent and characteristics of temporal trends using all Cochr...

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Main Authors: Fanshawe, T, Shaw, L, Spence, G
Format: Journal article
Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2017