Last data update: 2014.03.03

 R: Studies on Acupoint P6 Stimulation for Preventing Nausea
dat.lee2004R Documentation

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:

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

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.

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.

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)

Results


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