Toy Dataset for Network Meta-Analysis using the netmeta package

This is a toy dataset containing simulated effect size data of a fictitious network meta-analysis examining the effect of psychotherapies. Effect size data is provided as the standardized mean difference (SMD) between the intervention and control group and its corresponding standard error for each study at post. The dataframe layout is optimized for out-of-the-box usage using the netmeta function.

Usage

data("NetDataNetmeta")

Format

A data.frame with 5 columns.

studlab

character. The name of the included study.

treat1

character. The name of the first treatment. Includes psychotherapies for the treatment of depression, "CBT" (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), "PDT" (Psychodynamic Therapy), "IPT" (Interpersonal Therapy), "PST" (Problem-solving Therapy) and "SUP" (Supportive Counseling), and standard comparison conditions, "TAU" (Treatment as usual), "Placebo" (Placebo), and "WLC" (Waitlist control).

treat2

character. The name of the treatment the first treatment was compared to. Includes psychotherapies for the treatment of depression, "CBT" (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), "PDT" (Psychodynamic Therapy), "IPT" (Interpersonal Therapy), "PST" (Problem-solving Therapy) and "SUP" (Supportive Counseling), and standard comparison conditions, "TAU" (Treatment as usual), "Placebo" (Placebo), and "WLC" (Waitlist control).

TE

numeric. The standardized mean difference of the comparison.

seTE

numeric. The standard error of the comparison.

Source

Simulated data.

Author

Mathias Harrer, David Daniel Ebert