Hi there,
I am hoping you may be able to help me with a query I have. I am conducting a meta analysis on Random Control Trials using REVMAN. I have secondary data I am trying to input.I wanted to know whether participants are added up in each condition if there are multiple trials or whether you just state how many participants participated in the condition I know this may seem simplistic but I have gotten so confused by this.
Below is an example of what I mean
consider that there is a condition with 3 trials
condition 1: pre post follow up
#of particapants 100 90 80
would you state the total number of particapants (i.e 270) when reporting the Mean and SD for the condition or would you average it out to 90 or would you state how many completed all 3 trials ie 80
Thanks
TC
I am hoping you may be able to help me with a query I have. I am conducting a meta analysis on Random Control Trials using REVMAN. I have secondary data I am trying to input.I wanted to know whether participants are added up in each condition if there are multiple trials or whether you just state how many participants participated in the condition I know this may seem simplistic but I have gotten so confused by this.
Below is an example of what I mean
consider that there is a condition with 3 trials
condition 1: pre post follow up
#of particapants 100 90 80
would you state the total number of particapants (i.e 270) when reporting the Mean and SD for the condition or would you average it out to 90 or would you state how many completed all 3 trials ie 80
Thanks
TC