Thanks, Seth! I thought you may not have that data easily available because I did not find it in your moderators’ analysis in Table 2. Do the effect sizes refer to the whole period of the delay (e.g. 14 days), or just to the last part of it (e.g. last day of the 14 days)? It does not seem clear from section 3.2. I would expect a greater decay if the effect sizes refer to the last part of the delay.
Delay indicates the number of days that have elapsed between the beginning of treatment and the final outcome measure. How outcomes are measured varies from study to study, so in some cases it’s a 24 hour food recall X number of days after treatment is administered (the last part of it), in others it’s a continuous outcome measurement in a cafeteria (the entire period of delay).
Thanks, Seth! I thought you may not have that data easily available because I did not find it in your moderators’ analysis in Table 2. Do the effect sizes refer to the whole period of the delay (e.g. 14 days), or just to the last part of it (e.g. last day of the 14 days)? It does not seem clear from section 3.2. I would expect a greater decay if the effect sizes refer to the last part of the delay.
Delay indicates the number of days that have elapsed between the beginning of treatment and the final outcome measure. How outcomes are measured varies from study to study, so in some cases it’s a 24 hour food recall X number of days after treatment is administered (the last part of it), in others it’s a continuous outcome measurement in a cafeteria (the entire period of delay).