Adjusting for Outcome Reporting Bias in Meta-analysis: A Multiple Imputation Approach
用多重插补调整元分析中的结局报告偏倚
Background: Outcome reporting bias (ORB) occurs when study outcomes are selectively reported based on their results. ORB potentially undermines the credibility and validity of meta-analyses and contributes to research waste by distorting overall treatment effects. ORB can be viewed as a missing data problem in which unreported study outcomes introduce bias. Despite the serious implications ORB poses, it remains an underrecognized issue, with only a few adjustment methods…