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Limitations of Meta-analyses of Studies With High Heterogeneity

Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Sabitova et al 1 have performed an important service in compiling and summarizing 2 decades of studies on job burnout and satisfaction among physicians and dentists in middle-income countries and a few low-income countries.The authors followed a standard approach to performing a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze studies that assessed job-related morale among physicians and dentists working in these countries, using levels of job burnout, job satisfaction, and job motivation as indicators of job morale.Data were extracted independently by several investigators following the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) reporting guidelines.The authors assessed the quality of the included studies for bias and conducted random-effects meta-analyses, planned subgroup analyses, and metaregression analyses.The study
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W2999598292
FWCI: 25.79
Cites: 10
Cited by: 325
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