Methods to convert continuous outcomes into odds ratios of treatment response and numbers needed to treat: meta-epidemiological study

BORIS DOI
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
23045205
Description
Clinicians find standardized mean differences (SMDs) calculated from continuous outcomes difficult to interpret. Our objective was to determine the performance of methods in converting SMDs or means to odds ratios of treatment response and numbers needed to treat (NNTs) as more intuitive measures of treatment effect.
Date of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & health
300 - Social sciences, sociology & anthropology::360 - Social problems & social services
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Johnston, Bradley C
Guyatt, Gordon H
Additional Credits
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin (ISPM)
Departement Klinische Forschung, Core Facility, Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) Bern
Series
International journal of epidemiology
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
0300-5771
Access(Rights)
open.access
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