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08/03/2018 14:27
 
Hello,
It is not clear to me how to introduce pre and postest scores for an intervention in the outcomes window. Should I treat group 2 as the postest scores for group 1 (and this as pretest)?
Or should I manually introduce standard mean difference for group 1 (experimental), and for group 2 (control)?
SMD is the effect size we are finally interested in comparing across groups.
Thanks,
David
 
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14/03/2018 11:07
 

Answered by email -:

"At the moment the outcome screen is organised by arm-based comparison only.

 

If you wanted to compare change between pre and post-test for two groups, and the change isn’t directly reported in the paper, the calculation would have to be done elsewhere first and the change scores and standard deviation of change for both groups inputted to create the comparison. But most EPPI-Reviewer users opt to calculate SMDs based on post-test scores rather than change in scores, as the standard deviation of the change is not frequently reported (and because SMDs based on change and SMDs based on post-test can’t be inputted into the same model).

 

Hope this helps but do get back in touch if you want to follow up.

 

Good luck with the review,

 

Dylan"

 
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