Bashir Y, Conlon K C
Professorial Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, Tallaght Hospital, The University of Dublin trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2018 May;187(2):447-452. doi: 10.1007/s11845-017-1663-3. Epub 2017 Jul 22.
Systematic review and meta-analysis are statistical tools used to review researches performed on a same topic. They extract the collective effect of the studies performed on the topic of interest after statistically analysing the data of all the studies included.
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis are getting more and more popular in the medical field. Statistics is never the strong aspect of medical professionals, and facing a large number of statistical tests and values could be quite confusing for them. The aim of this article is to simplify these two very important research modalities for medical professionals.
This article will provide a step-to-step guide for the medical colleagues to perform a meta-analysis if they are interested.
系统评价和荟萃分析是用于回顾针对同一主题开展的研究的统计工具。它们在对纳入的所有研究的数据进行统计分析后，提取针对感兴趣主题所开展研究的总体效应。
系统评价和荟萃分析在医学领域越来越受欢迎。统计学向来不是医学专业人员的强项，面对大量的统计检验和数值可能会让他们相当困惑。本文的目的是为医学专业人员简化这两种非常重要的研究方式。
如果医学同行感兴趣的话，本文将为他们提供一份进行荟萃分析的分步指南。
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