| dat.lee2004 {metadat} | R Documentation |
Studies on Acupoint P6 Stimulation for Preventing Nausea
Description
Results from studies examining the effectiveness of wrist acupuncture point P6 stimulation for preventing postoperative nausea.
Usage
dat.lee2004
Format
The data frame contains the following columns:
| id | numeric | trial id number |
| study | character | first author |
| year | numeric | study year |
| ai | numeric | number of patients experiencing nausea in the treatment group |
| n1i | numeric | total number of patients in treatment group |
| ci | numeric | number of patients experiencing nausea in the sham group |
| n2i | numeric | total number of patients in the sham group |
Details
Postoperative nausea and vomiting are common complications following surgery and anaesthesia. As an alternative to drug therapy, acupuncture has been studied as a potential treatment in several trials. The dataset contains the results from 16 clinical trials examining the effectiveness of wrist acupuncture point P6 stimulation for preventing postoperative nausea.
Concepts
medicine, alternative medicine, risk ratios
Author(s)
Wolfgang Viechtbauer, wvb@metafor-project.org, https://www.metafor-project.org
Source
Lee, A., & Done, M. L. (2004). Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3, CD003281. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003281.pub2
Examples
### copy data into 'dat' and examine data
dat <- dat.lee2004
dat
## Not run:
### load metafor package
library(metafor)
### meta-analysis based on log risk ratios
res <- rma(measure="RR", ai=ai, n1i=n1i, ci=ci, n2i=n2i, data=dat)
res
predict(res, transf=exp, digits=2)
## End(Not run)