Publication language and the estimate of treatment effects of physical therapy on balance and postural control after stroke in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

PloS One
Aurélien HuguesFrançois Gueyffier

Abstract

Findings regarding the impact of language bias on treatment effect estimates (TEE) are conflicting, and very few studies have assessed these impacts in rehabilitation. The purpose was to compare TEE between studies published in non-English language (SPNEL) and those published in English language (SPEL) included in a previously published meta-analysis assessing the effects of physical therapy on balance and postural control after stroke. Six databases were searched until January 2019. Two independent reviewers selected randomised trials, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. We conducted subgroup meta-analyses according to the language of study publication, then compared TEE between SPEL and SPNEL subgroups by using a random-effects meta-regression model. From 13,123 records, 132 SPEL (n = 5219) and 13 SPNEL (n = 693) were included. SPNEL had a weight in the pooled estimate (8.2%) significantly lower than SPEL (91.8%; p<0.001). Compared to SPEL, SPNEL had both significantly worse methodological quality (p = 0.002) and quality of reporting for blinding of outcome assessment (p<0.001); and a significantly worse quality of reporting for incomplete outcome data (p<0.001). SPNEL had a significantly worse precision (i.e. inverse ...Continue Reading

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