Pooled effect sizes for deployment on mental health are robust across components of methodological quality in sensitivity analyses¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Sensitivity analyses evaluating robustness across components of methodological quality resulted in no appreciable change in effect size. → Bøg M 2018

Evidence¶

Bøg M 2018¶

Bøg M, Filges T, & Jørgensen A.M.K. (2018). Deployment of personnel to military operations: impact on mental health and social functioning. Campbell Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.4073/csr.2018.6

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Within the review's data synthesis, sensitivity analysis was used to evaluate whether the pooled effect sizes were robust across components of methodological quality; the review reports "no appreciable change in effect size, suggesting that the results are robust." No re-estimated effect sizes are printed.

"Sensitivity analyses resulted in no appreciable change in effect size, suggesting that the results are robust."

Discussion¶

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