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SynthesisWestern journal of nursing research2015

Model-driven meta-analyses for informing health care: a diabetes meta-analysis as an exemplar.

Sharon A Brown, Betsy Jane Becker, Alexandra A García, Adama Brown, Gilbert Ramírez

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Synthesis in Western journal of nursing research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Revision and Psychometric Evaluation of the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire for People With Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sharon A BrownThe University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA sabrown@mail.utexas.edu.
Betsy Jane BeckerFlorida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Alexandra A GarcíaThe University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
Adama BrownThe University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
Gilbert RamírezTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.

Funding

Meta-Analysis of Biobehavioral Determinants of Health Outcomes in Type 2 DiabetesR01NR011450 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BROWN, SHARON A · 2009 to 2012
$1.4M
NINR NIH HHS 5R01NR011450NINR NIH HHS R01 NR011450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A relatively novel type of meta-analysis, a model-driven meta-analysis, involves the quantitative synthesis of descriptive, correlational data and is useful for identifying key predictors of health outcomes and informing clinical guidelines. Few such meta-analyses have been conducted and thus, large bodies of research remain unsynthesized and uninterpreted for application in health care. We describe the unique challenges of conducting a model-driven meta-analysis, focusing primarily on issues related to locating a sample of published and unpublished primary studies, extracting and verifying descriptive and correlational data, and conducting analyses. A current meta-analysis of the research on predictors of key health outcomes in diabetes is used to illustrate our main points.

Indexed as

Models, TheoreticalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansOutcome Assessment, Health Caremeta-analysismodel testingtype 2 diabetes

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PMID25142707
PMCPMC4511466

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