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Studies comparing hyaluronan (HA)–based viscosupplements for osteoarthritis

hyalarthritis.Rd

A dataset from of trials for pain reduction for patients with osteoarthritis treated with HA-based viscosupplementsjansen2015MBNMAtime. Data are reported in each study arm as mean change from baseline to follow-up on a visual analogue scale (0-100). The dataset includes 16 Randomised-Controlled Trials (RCTs), comparing 6 treatments and placebo.

Usage

hyalarthritis

Format

A data frame in long format (one row per arm and study), with 150 rows and 6 variables:

  • studyID Study identifiers

  • time Numeric data indicating the time at which the observation was measured (given in weeks)

  • treatment Factor data indicating the treatment to which participants were randomised

  • n Numeric data indicating the number of participants randomised to each arm

  • y Numeric data indicating the mean change from baseline in HbA1c in a study arm

  • se Numeric data indicating the standard error for the mean change from baseline in HbA1c in a study arm

Details

hyalarthritis is a data frame in long format (one row per observation, arm and study), with the variables studyID, time, treatment, n, y, and se.

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