Article Response

Questions

1. In no more than two sentences, explain the intention of this study. What were the researchers investigating?

2. List the five inclusion criteria for studies to be analyzed in this meta-analysis.

3. The authors identified ______(number) studies that showed potential to be included in this analysis. In the end _______ (number) studies were ultimately analyzed.

4. 1. List at least five words or phrases used to search for relevant studies.

      2. What four research databases were used to find articles?

5. List four reasons for excluding some of the potential studies in this analysis.

6. Looking at the results and the Forest Plot, where does the summary statistic (diamond shape) lie? Did it favor the control groups or the experimental groups?

7. In  your own words, what were the outcomes of this meta-analysis? What did they find out?

(note: there were a few different findings)