A systematic survey shows that reporting and handling of missing outcome data in networks of interventions is poor.

Loukia Maria SpineliJuan J Yepes-NuñezHolger J Schünemann

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2018)

The description and handling of missing outcome data as well as the acknowledgment of their implications for the conclusions from network meta-analysis are deemed underreported.

Keyphrases

systematic review
electronic health record
big data
physical activity
meta analyses
cross sectional
randomized controlled trial
emergency department
drug induced