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This just seems like a review of previous studies, picking and choosing evidence/previous conclusions from tangentially related investigations. I can’t access t

This just seems like a review of previous studies, picking and choosing evidence/previous conclusions from tangentially related investigations. I can’t access the published paper but the article implies this area has been studied before, so I’m confused what this new paper is supposed to contribute. Is it just a literature overview? I’m interested in getting a cat in the future so I’m interested in a proper study of this.

fhsm 3y ago
The article subtitle is a "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Many good refs define both but [1] is free. As far as how you might think of them [2,3] give context. The exact extent of merit can be debated but these do have merit. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903119/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903119/ [2] https://ebm.bmj.com/content/21/4/125 https://ebm.bmj.com/content/21/4/125 [3] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1895230 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1895230
ordu 3y ago
"Meta-analysis" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis