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. 2022 Nov 22;14(11):e31796. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31796

Table 2. Theoretical study: improvement in psychiatric illness after use of psilocybin meta-analysis of nine cross-sectional studies/randomized controlled trials.

SE = standard error; Var = variance; w = weight; w*es = weighted outcome; w*(es2) = weighted outcome squared; w2 = weight squared; wv = weighted variance; wv*es = weighted variance outcome; wv*(es2) = weighted variance outcome squared; wv2 = weighted variance squared

Study Events Sample size Outcome (es) SE Var w w*es w*(es2) w2 wv wv*es wv*(es2) wv2
Carhart-Harris et al. 2016 [26] 19 20 0.95 0.22 0.05 21.05 20 19 443.21 7.99 7.60 7.22 63.96
Carhart-Harris et al. 2017 [17] 19 19 1 0.23 0.05 19 19 19 361 7.68 7.68 7.68 59.10
Davis et al. 2021 [32] 17 24 0.71 0.17 0.03 33.88 24 17 1148.01 9.34 6.62 4.69 87.26
Ross et al. 2016 [33] 20.3 29 0.7 0.16 0.02 41.43 29 20.3 1716.32 9.84 6.88 4.82 96.73
Griffiths et al. 2016 [4] 41 51 0.80 0.13 0.02 63.44 51 41 4024.51 10.72 8.62 6.93 114.88
Larsen et al. 2017 [6] 2 12 0.17 0.12 0.01 72 12 2 5184 10.94 1.82 0.30 119.63
Johnson et al. 2014 [23] 12 15 0.8 0.23 0.05 18.75 15 12 351.56 7.64 6.11 4.89 58.39
Mason et al. 2019 [11] 50 50 1 0.14 0.02 50 50 50 2500 10.25 10.25 10.25 105.12
Stroud et al. 2018 [12] 17 17 1 0.24 0.06 17 17 17 289 7.33 7.33 7.33 53.78
Sums           336.55 237 197.3 16017.63 81.74 62.92 54.11 758.78