metafor (version 1.9-4)

dat.lee2004: 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: lll{ 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 }

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.

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.

Examples

### load data
dat <- get(data(dat.lee2004))

### meta-analysis based on relative risks
res <- rma(measure="RR", ai=ai, n1i=n1i, ci=ci, n2i=n2i, data=dat)
res
predict(res, transf=exp, digits=2)