Reproducibility of meta-analytic results in systematic reviews of interventions: meta-research study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine how often meta-analyses of effects of interventions are reproducible.

Design

Meta-research study.

Setting

Systematic reviews with meta-analyses of the effects of health, social, behavioural, or educational interventions indexed in five databases (PubMed, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, and Education Collection), 2 November to 2 December 2020.

Population

296 reviews meeting the inclusion criteria formed the overall sample of the study. 175/296 (59%) reviews included a forest plot from Review Manager and were considered inherently reproducible. The remaining 121/296 (41%) reviews constituted the reproduction sample.

Main outcome measures

Original review authors were contacted to obtain meta-analysis da

SUBMITTER: Nguyen PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684188 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature