METHODS, TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS OF META-ANALYSIS IN REVIEWS

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Authors

  • Weslley Barbosa Sales Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-6266
  • Laura Beatriz Alves Costa UFRN
  • Mateus dos Santos de Albuquerque Guilherme Centro Universitário Uninassau, Natal, Brasil
  • Dimas Cícero Martins de França Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba - FPB
  • Francisco Romário Silveira UFPB
  • Mateus Osório da Silva UFPB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17695/rcsne.vol22.n3.p439-450

Keywords:

Formação acadêmica, meta-análise, Revisões sistemáticas

Abstract

This study aims to investigate and elucidate the methods, techniques, and applications of meta-analysis in systematic reviews, providing a comprehensive understanding of selecting studies, extracting data, calculating effect sizes, estimating models, and exploring publication bias. This systematic review is guided by the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) guidelines. The databases used include PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature). The keywords were selected from DeCS (Health Sciences Descriptors), “Systematic Review,” and “Meta-Analysis.” We included reviews of any kind (narrative, integrative, systematic with or without meta-analysis) and studies published in full, without date or language restrictions, which explored the various applications of meta-analysis and provided guidelines for interpreting and presenting their results accurately. Experimental articles, observational studies, editorial letters, preprints, articles published only in conference proceedings, and articles without abstracts or unavailable online were excluded. The searches in the selected databases were carried out between January and June 2024, identifying 130,588 articles. After the identification stage, an analysis of duplicates was carried out, excluding 45,856 duplicate articles. After this screening, 84,732 were eligible for reading titles and abstracts. At this stage, 65,126 clinical trials and experimental studies were excluded, as well as 19,400 observational studies, leaving 206 articles to read in full. Of these, only 10 were considered eligible for the final article sampling. A meta-analysis is an essential tool for synthesizing data in systematic reviews, offering a comprehensive and robust view of the results.

Author Biographies

Weslley Barbosa Sales, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mestrando em Fisioterapia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN); Especialista em Fisioterapia Gerontológica e Geriátrica pela Faculdade de Serra Geral (FSG) e Fisioterapeuta pelo Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau (UNINASSAU).

Laura Beatriz Alves Costa, UFRN

Graduanda em Fisioterapia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mateus dos Santos de Albuquerque Guilherme, Centro Universitário Uninassau, Natal, Brasil

Graduando em Fisioterapia pela centro universitário Uninassau, Brasil.

Dimas Cícero Martins de França, Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba - FPB

Psicólogo pela Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba (FPB), Brasil

Francisco Romário Silveira, UFPB

Psicólogo Clínico graduado pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Mateus Osório da Silva, UFPB

Mestre em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil.

Published

2024-12-17

How to Cite

Sales, W. B., Costa, L. B. A., Guilherme, M. dos S. de A., França, D. C. M. de, Silveira, F. R., & Silva, M. O. da. (2024). METHODS, TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS OF META-ANALYSIS IN REVIEWS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Revista De Ciências Da Saúde Nova Esperança, 22(3), 439–450. https://doi.org/10.17695/rcsne.vol22.n3.p439-450

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