metafor (version 2.4-0)

dat.lee2004: Studies on Acupoint P6 Stimulation for Preventing Nausea

Description

Results from studies examining the effectiveness of wrist acupuncture point P6 stimulation for preventing postoperative nausea.

Usage

dat.lee2004

Arguments

Format

The data frame contains the following columns:

id numeric trial id number
study character first author
year numeric study year
ai numeric number of patients experiencing nausea in the treatment group
n1i numeric total number of patients in treatment group
ci numeric number of patients experiencing nausea in the sham group

Details

Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common complications following surgery and anaesthesia. As an alternative to drug therapy, acupuncture has been studied as a potential treatment in several trials. The dataset contains the results from 16 clinical trials examining the effectiveness of wrist acupuncture point P6 stimulation for preventing postoperative nausea.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
### copy data into 'dat' and examine data
dat <- dat.lee2004
dat

### meta-analysis based on log risk ratios
res <- rma(measure="RR", ai=ai, n1i=n1i, ci=ci, n2i=n2i, data=dat)
res
predict(res, transf=exp, digits=2)
# }

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