Bayesian Network Meta-analysis of Multiple Outcomes in Dental Research.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dental research typically targets multiple outcomes. Interdental cleaning devices such as interdental brushes (IB) and water jet devices (WJ) share a sizable portion of the medical device market. However, recommendations for device selection are limited by the conflicting evidence from multiple outcomes in available studies and the lack of an appropriate synthesis approach to summarize evidences taken from multiple outcomes. In particular, both pairwise meta-analyses and single-outcome network meta-analyses can give discordant results. The purpose of this multioutcome, Bayesian network meta-analysis is to introduce this innovative method to the dental research community using data from interdental cleaning device studies for illustrative purposes.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Liang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7211186 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature