Table 1.
Literature review of two issues of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine( 2010)
| First Author | Number of Repeated measures | Number of Groups | Sample Size per Group | Statistical Method Utilized |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashimoto6 | 14 | 3 | 8/8/8 | RM-ANOVA* |
| Memtsoudis7 | 4 | 2 | 17/17 | GEE* |
| Memtsoudis8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | GEE |
| Parrington9 | 5 | 2 | 21/24 | other** |
| Brummett10 | 11 | 5 | 54 (in total) | RM-ANOVA |
| Chiono11 | 6 | 1 | 33 | other |
| Otani12 | 14 | 3 | 8/8/8 | RM-ANOVA |
| Renes13 | 9 | 1 | 20 | RM-ANOVA |
| Buvanendran14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | other |
| Tran15 | 3 | 2 | 20/20 | other |
| Morau16 | 4 | 1 | 100 | other |
| Deegan17 | 4 | 2 | 15/17 | other |
| Plancarte18 | 5 | 1 | 109 | RM-ANOVA |
| Wallace19 | 5 | 2 | 12/12 | MEM* |
*
RM-ANOVA: repeated measures ANOVA; GEE: generalized estimating equations; MEM: mixed effects model
**
Other statistical methods include paired t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, etc.