dat.beck17 {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence of Depression or Depressive Symptoms Among Medical Students

Description

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of proportions.

Usage

data("dat.beck17")

Format

A data frame with 6 studies with the following 2 variables within each study.

e

event counts of samples with depression or depressive symptoms.

n

sample sizes.

Details

The original article by Rotenstein et al. (2016) stratified all extracted studies based on various screening instruments and cutoff scores. This dataset focuses on the meta-analysis of 6 studies with Beck Depression Inventory Score \geq17.

Source

Rotenstein LS, Ramos MA, Torre M, Segal JB, Peluso MJ, Guille C, Sen S, Mata DA (2016). "Prevalence of depression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation among medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis." JAMA, 316(21), 2214–2236. <doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.17324>