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Funnel plot assessing publication bias of studies with subjective measures.
The vertical line represents the meta-analysis summary estimate, and the scatter plot represents single studies. In the absence of publication bias, studies will be distributed symmetrically right and left of the vertical line. SE(SMD), standard error of the SMD; SMD: Standardized mean difference.
