We did not review
the primary studies included in each meta - analysis and can not comment on whether any of these studies were funded by organisations linked to the coffee industry.
In fact, one of
the primary studied benefits in this regard is the effect that cacao has on improving insulin resistance and downregulating inflammation caused by obesity (6).
Forty - three
primary studies on infant health outcomes, 43
primary studies on maternal health outcomes, and 29 systematic reviews or meta - analyses that covered approximately 400 individual studies were included in this review.
We took advantage of the randomized design to accomplish two
primary study aims.
However, intervention studies —
both primary studies and systematic reviews — rarely assess impacts on socioeconomic inequalities, and thus little is known about which interventions are effective and cost - effective for reducing those inequalities.2 — 4
There is also a need to compare the effectiveness of different programmes in
primary studies.
It was really
the primary study tool I used, and I easily passed the exam.
Because of heterogeneity in
the primary studies, neither the meta - analyses nor the comprehensive review assessed patient and obstetrician or obstetric care provider satisfaction and improved knowledge of childbirth, family planning, postpartum depression, or early child rearing.
But as I followed the citation trail and actually started looking at
the primary studies that were cited in support of those conclusions — and thinking seriously about the methods that had been employed in the studies, the presuppositions behind them, and whether there were alternative evolutionary hypotheses for the things studied that were not in fact being ruled out by the experiments — I began to find that it wasn't all that convincing.
«This first presentation of
primary study results from the latest Phase 3 brivaracetam study is highly anticipated in the epilepsy community.
Although
the primary studies used in these meta - analyses are highly overlapping and the variability in TMS stimulus parameters and treat treatment paradigms complicates the interpretation of research findings, these meta - analyses also support the use of high - frequency TMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
In fact, one of
the primary studied benefits in this regard is the effect that cacao has on improving insulin resistance and downregulating inflammation caused by obesity (6).
Lee and colleagues conducted an overview of 10 systematic reviews that evaluated the efficacy of aromatherapy (with and without massage) in reducing hypertension, depression, anxiety, pain relief, and symptoms of dementia.26 The authors determined that, though three of the reviews were of good methodological quality, many of
the primary studies they evaluated were not.
The prespecified outcomes of
the primary study were the percentage changes in FEV1 and forced vital capacity (FVC) during the treatment period.
It was while completing
her primary studies stateside that Saldana became involved with the Faces theater troupe, whose aim was to make a positive impact on teenage audiences by performing improvisational skits on such issues as substance abuse and sexuality.
A meta - analysis of 85 independent effect sizes extracted from 46
primary studies involving a total of 36,793 learners indicated statistically significant positive effects of CT on mathematics achievement.
Vanderbilt education researchers Matthew Springer, Lam Pham and Tuan Nguyen synthesized 44
primary studies on the impact of teacher pay incentives on student test scores.
Her primary study has been with Harvey Dinnerstein, for whom she was class assistant at the League.
Provided
primary study support and feedback for students, encompassing such subjects as languages, math, history, and science
Her primary study focus was health promotion and the impact of the school environment on adolescent sexual behavior.
A recent rapid review to update the evidence for components of the Healthy Child Programme in England also found few studies of interventions aiming to promote child development outcomes in all families with children in the 0 — 5 age range.10 We reviewed a larger number of
primary studies than either of these previous publications.
Conclusions Non-financial COI, especially the inclusion of own
primary studies into reviews and researcher allegiance, are frequently seen in systematic reviews of psychological therapies and need more transparency and better management.
The primary studies conducted under the aegis of the Adolescent Study Program include the Cross-Sectional Adolescent Girls» Study, the Early Adolescence Study, the Late Adolescence Study, the Mother — Daughter Interactions Study, the Bone Density Study, and the Girls» Health and Development Project.
A larger project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is
the primary study of these young women's longterm adjustment in areas such as drug abuse, criminal behavior, and romantic relationship functioning.
Indeed, the median number of studies included in Cochrane meta - analyses is three [20] and Cumming [19] indicates that meta - analysis is helpful even if only two
primary studies are available.
The results of this study, aggregating findings from 21
primary studies, indicated clearly that attachment insecurity / disorganization is associated with CD / ODD.
If
some primary studies report an outcome as a dichotomous measure and others use a continuous measure of the same construct, we will convert results for the former from an OR to a SMD, provided that we can assume the underlying continuous measure has approximately a normal or logistic distribution (otherwise we will perform two separate analyses).
We acknowledge that the variance estimate of the average synthetic effect sizes that are calculated should appropriately account for the correlation between the two outcomes, and we intend to report the correlation value, and the source / means of arriving at such a correlation if it is not reported within
the primary study / studies.
By applying a multilevel approach to meta - analysis, there is no need for aggregating or selecting data, implying that all relevant effect sizes can be extracted from
primary studies (see also Assink et al. 2015; Assink and Wibbelink 2016).
In calculating each effect size, it was important that the direction of the effect (positive or negative) corresponded with the statistical data reported in
the primary study.
There is also a need to compare the effectiveness of different programmes in
primary studies.
Moreover, conducting moderator analyses could result in artifactual findings if study characteristics that are tested as moderators would have been used as control variables in the multivariate models of
primary studies from which effect sizes are included in the meta - analysis.
As a result, all information from
primary studies is preserved and maximum statistical power can be achieved.
So, in
primary studies examining the effect of a preventive intervention and in which official records are used produce rather small effect sizes.
Finally, it should be kept in mind that the present review was mainly based on
primary studies that were conducted in Western countries, and in particular the USA.
All outcomes of
the primary studies were transformed into the standardized difference between two means, also referred to as Cohen's d.
Means, Standard Deviations (SD), and Correlations Among
Primary Study Variables Across the Full Sample
Because we considered
the primary studies to be a random sample from a larger population of studies, we built random - effects models.
So, the effects extracted from
primary studies included in this meta - analysis may not be an adequate representation of the actual effect of child maltreatment interventions.
Primary studies covered wide range of outcomes involving mental health and emotional wellbeing
The exclusion of
primary studies that have not been covered in reviews, which will include the most recent studies, is a drawback.
Although we excluded reviews of parenting programmes designed to treat mental illnesses such as conduct disorder [e.g. (Dretzke et al., 2005)-RSB- it was clear that
some primary studies in the reviews included families with clinical level problems alongside families with subclinical behaviour problems and those at demographic high risk.
Economic analyses of
primary studies evaluating interventions promoting mental health and well - being at work
Reviews of reviews can be wider ranging than reviews of
primary studies, covering a much greater variety of programmes.
To be included reviews needed to cover
primary studies, using any methodology, of interventions to improve parenting, in any settings with the exception of programmes delivered through schools.
Finally, our choice of moderators was restricted to the variables included in
the primary studies.
Not exact matches
We have now completed several health
studies in partnership with the Geisinger Health System, which provides
primary care to over 450,000 patients in Pennsylvania, including many residing in fracking areas.
Taking Curraghinalt to production is the Company's
primary goal and will be advanced in 2018 through further drilling, engineering and geological
studies, and environmental and permitting activities.
Choung's
primary Korean bank was unwilling to
study the credit ratings of New York City restaurants and hotels or to take on faith that receivables would eventually be paid.
«Though we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, the great power competition, not terrorism, is now the
primary focus of US national security,» Mattis said in his opening statements at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies.