Assessing Depression Among New Fathers—Reply

Abstract

aggregated data would have reduced precision. Including more publications per trial is essentially a grave meta-analytical flaw 6 (section 7.2.2) because identical or overlapping samples risk being counted more than once, distorting estimates and artificially reducing heterogeneity.We are puzzled by the assertion that only P values were reported when comparing design types, as Table 1 also included heterogeneity and 95% CIs for each outcome considered, for each design type. 1 No effect size was left unaccompanied by 95% CIs and heterogeneity estimates.We reported modest benefits of psychotherapies for borderline personality, unstable at follow-up, and further distorted by trial RoB and publication bias. We meticulously examined many potential caveats both in our meta-analysis and in the included trials. If this assessment is optimistic, we fear our own notion of optimism is greatly divergent.