Table 10 Meta-analysis results of VBL on ‘Knowledge Acquisition’ in several areas.

From: Video-based approaches in health education: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

n

Cohen’s d

95%-CI (p-value)

τ2

τ

I2 (%)

Egger test

(estimate; SE; p-value)

OVERALL

20

1.44

0.55; 2.33 (0.0014)

3.47

1.86

99.8%

-18.57; 4.91; 0.0014

RoB

       

Low

2

0.84

0.01; 1.67 (-)

0

0

0.0

-

Some concerns

16

1.56

0.51; 2.60 (0.0244)

4.10

2.03

99.8

-6.46; 5.21; 0.2233

High

2

1.03

0.64; 1.43 (-)

0

0

0.0

-

Area

n

Cohen’s d

95%-CI (p-value)

τ2

τ

I2 (%)

Egger test

(estimate; SE; p-value)

Dentistry

3

2.1830

2.0146; 2.3515 (-)

< 0.0001

0.0008

7.1%

-

Medicine

12

0.6748

0.3671; 0.9825 (0.0011)

0.1191

0.3451

51.0%

1.23; 0.34; 0.0011

Nursing

3

0.9910

-0.3182; 2.3003 (-)

0.9021

0.9498

90.3%

-

Psychology

1

.

.

.

-

-

 

Medicine/Nursing

1

.

.

.

-

-

 
  1. Significant values are denoted in bold (p < 0.05).