Patient-reported outcomes in meta-analyses -Part 2: methods for improving interpretability for decision-makers

Table 4 For situations in which the event is desirable, increase [or decrease if intervention harmful] in positive responses to the intervention

Control group response rate	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9
SMD = 0.2	0.04	0.61	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.03
SMD = 0.5	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.20	0.19	0.17	0.15	0.11	0.06
SMD = 0.8	0.22	0.28	0.31	0.31	0.29	0.25	0.21	0.15	0.08
SMD = 1.0	0.29	0.36	0.38	0.38	0.34	0.30	0.24	0.17	0.09

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