Erschienen in:
01.02.2009 | Letter to the Editor
Is a Meta-Analysis Following Common Meta-Analytical Procedures Going Awry? A Response to Coyne, Thombs, and Hagedoorn
verfasst von:
Tanja Zimmermann, Ph.D., Nina Heinrichs, Ph.D., Donald H. Baucom, Ph.D.
Erschienen in:
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
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Ausgabe 1/2009
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In their letter, Coyne and colleagues [
1] raise a number of questions and concerns about our recently published meta-analysis [
2] regarding the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for breast cancer (BC) patients. The authors use the phrase “lack of transparency” frequently, but they do not define what they mean. Exactly what type of information were they looking for that was not provided? And should this information (whatever it might be) always be reported in meta-analyses? We would like to comment on the critiques Coyne and colleagues raised. …