dat.kaner {altmeta}

A Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Brief Alcohol Interventions vs. Control in Primary Care Populations

Description

This dataset serves as an example of meta-analysis of risk differences.

Usage

data("dat.kaner")

Format

A data frame with 13 studies with the following 7 variables within each study.

y

point esimates of risk differences.

s2

sample variances of risk differences.

n1

sample sizes in treatment group 1 (brief alcohol interventions).

n2

sample sizes in treatment group 2 (control).

r1

event counts in treatment group 1.

r2

event counts in treatment group 2.

n

total sample sizes.

Source

Kaner EF, Dickinson HO, Beyer FR, Campbell F, Schlesinger C, Heather N, Saunders JB, Burnand B, Pienaar ED (2007). "Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, Art. No.: CD004148. <doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004148.pub3>