Confidence of evidence should be considered in ranking of treatments in the network meta-analysis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
² Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
³ Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
⁴ School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. Electronic address: wangq87@mcmaster.ca.

Comment

Shitong Xie et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2022 Apr.

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doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00063-3.

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
² Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
³ Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
⁴ School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. Electronic address: wangq87@mcmaster.ca.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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