Evidence Synthesis for Complex Interventions Using Meta-Regression Models

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health..

A goal of evidence synthesis for trials of complex interventions is to inform the design or implementation of novel versions of complex interventions by predicting expected outcomes with each intervention version. Conventional aggregate data meta-analyses of studies comparing complex interventions have limited ability to provide such information. We argue that evidence synthesis for trials of complex interventions should forgo aspirations of estimating causal effects and instead model the response surface of study results to 1) summarize the available evidence and 2) predict the average outcomes of future studies or in new settings. We illustrate this modeling approach using data from a systematic review of diabetes quality improvement (QI) interventions involving at least 1 of 12 QI strategy components. We specify a series of meta-regression models to assess the association of specific components with the posttreatment outcome mean and compare the results to conventional meta-analysis approaches. Compared with conventional approaches, modeling the response surface of study results can better reflect the associations between intervention components and study characteristics with the posttreatment outcome mean. Modeling study results using a response surface approach offers a useful and feasible goal for evidence synthesis of complex interventions that rely on aggregate data.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

American journal of epidemiology - 193(2024), 2 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 323-338

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Konnyu, Kristin J [VerfasserIn]
Grimshaw, Jeremy M [VerfasserIn]
Trikalinos, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Ivers, Noah M [VerfasserIn]
Moher, David [VerfasserIn]
Dahabreh, Issa J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Complex interventions
Hierarchical models
Journal Article
Meta-analysis
Meta-regression
Multicomponent interventions

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Date Completed 06.02.2024

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/aje/kwad184

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361873204