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Practical methods for meta-analysis of continuous outcomes in stroke rehabilitation trials.

Our research will investigate:  (1) ways of recovering the necessary statistical information (mean and/or standard deviation) when it is missing from clinical trial reports, thus enabling a standard meta-analysis to be performed;  (2) ways of analysing “skewed” outcomes when standard methods of meta-analysis are inappropriate.  These approaches will allow us to summarise the evidence from clinical trials more precisely and with less risk of bias.

Chief Investigator: Dr Christopher Weir

Number and location of participating sites (by region/ country): UK 3 collaborating sites

Funder: Stroke Association

Start and End date of grant award: 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2016

Current Status: Published

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0483-0

https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2516608519873476

Sponsor: NHS Lothian and University of Edinburgh - ACCORD

Chief Investigator: Dr Christopher Weir, Reader in Medical Statistics, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences & Informatics, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG.

ECTU involvement: Statistics