Standardization of terminology in meta‐analysis: a proposal for working definitions

Abstract

In this paper we present a brief overview of the growing concern to standardize definitions and terminology in meta-analysis. This tool has become inescapable in both drug research and therapeutic evaluation. The performed and published meta-analyses are increasing, as well as the variation in the meaning of the terms used in meta-analysis. In the second part of the paper we propose glossary of the most common terms used in reports of meta-analyses. The glossary has been written by only one group of scientists, the definitions are therefore proposed to the scientific community as working definitions, to be subject to reactions from leaders in meta-analysis.

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