From: Depression after stoma surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Test | Dataset | Outcome | Predictor | Comparison | Mean difference (95% CI) | Comparison P value | Global P value |
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Egger | Age | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.635 |
Meta-regression | Age | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Age | Â | -0.003 (-0.128, 0.007) | Â | 0.592 |
Egger | Age | Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
Egger | Gender | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.930 |
Meta-regression | Gender | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Proportion Male | Â | 0.410 (-0.034, 0.854) | Â | 0.069 |
Egger | Gender | Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.224 |
Egger | Region | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.041 |
Meta-regression | Region | Prevalence of depressive symptoms | Region | Europe vs Asia–Pacific | 0.037 (-0.115, 0.188) | 0.629 | 0.002 |
 |  |  |  | Middle East / Africa vs Asia–Pacific | 0.364 (0.162, 0.566) | 0.001 |  |
 |  |  |  | North America vs Asia–Pacific | -0.033 (-0.220, 0.154) | 0.722 |  |
Egger | Before versus after stoma surgery | Odds of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.229 |
Egger | Other: Stoma versus No stoma | Odds of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.352 |
Egger | HADS: Stoma versus No stoma | Mean difference of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.461 |
Egger | Colostomy versus Ileostomy | Mean difference of depressive symptoms | Â | Â | Â | Â | Did not converge |