Clinical Epidemiology
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Methodology
Meta-Analyses Proved Inconsistent in How Missing Data Were Handled Across Their Included Primary Trials: A Methodological Survey
Lara A Kahale1 Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4466-0556
, Assem M Khamis2 Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UKhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5567-7065
, Batoul Diab1 Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
, Yaping Chang3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canadahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-4877
, Luciane Cruz Lopes4 Pharmaceutical Sciences Post Graduate Course, University of Sorocaba, UNISO, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazilhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3684-3275
, Arnav Agarwal3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;5 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canadahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0931-7851
, Ling Li6 Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of Chinahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-1856
, Reem A Mustafa3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;7 Departments of Medicine and Biomedical & Health Informatics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
, Serge Koujanian8 Department of Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
, Reem Waziry9 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
, Jason W Busse3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;10 Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;11 The Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;12 Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans, Hamilton, Canadahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-8712
, Abeer Dakik1 Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
, Lotty Hooft13 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
, Gordon H Guyatt3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;14 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
, Rob J P M Scholten13 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
& Elie A Akl1 Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon;3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Published online: 27 May 2020
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