Table 3.
Multiple meta-regression analysis, predicting between-study variance in unidimensional outcomes using the level of similarity between active and sham control groups for a number of selected features in trials of craniosacral and gentle myofascial treatments.
| Descriptives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ES | Mean (SD) similarity rating (body areas) | Mean (SD) similarity rating (efficacy information) | Mean (SD) similarity rating (application mode) | R 2 | K | ||
| −0.48 | 0.18 (1.9) | 0.55 (0.93) | 0.18 (2.1) | 0.7299 | 11 | ||
| Homogeneity analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Df | P | T 2 | I2 | |||
| Model | 19.25 | 3 | 0.0002 | 0.1 | 84.4% | ||
| Residual | 6.77 | 7 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0% | ||
| Total | 26.02 | 10 | 0.0037 | ||||
| Regression coefficients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | −95% CI | +95% CI | Z | P | Beta | |
| Constant | −0.37 | 0.11 | −0.6 | −0.14 | −3.18 | 0.0015 | 0.0 |
| Similarity: body areas addressed | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 2.98 | 0.0028 | 0.62 |
| Similarity: information about treatment effectiveness provided to participants | −0.33 | 0.14 | −0.61 | −0.05 | −2.34 | 0.0195 | −0.54 |
| Similarity: application mode | −0.06 | 0.06 | −0.18 | 0.06 | −1.04 | 0.2984 | −0.25 |
| Method of moments random effects variance component | |||||||
| v = 0.04 | |||||||
Means and variance of the similarity ratings included in the model are provided, having a possible range of −2 (different for all studies) to 2 (similar across all studies).