This dataset, parkinsons_list, is a list containing information from 7 studies investigating the effect of dopamine agonists as adjunct therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease. The dataset includes placebo and four active drugs coded from 2 to 5, measuring outcomes such as lost work-time reduction.
Usage
data(parkinsons_list)Format
A list with 5 elements:
- Outcomes
Numeric vector representing the reduction in lost work-time for each treatment arm
- SE
Numeric vector indicating the standard error of each observation
- Treat
Character vector identifying the treatment type (placebo or drug)
- Study
Numeric vector indicating the study each observation belongs to
- Treat.order
Character vector listing the treatment names in the order of coding
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'parkinsons_list' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the MedxR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'list' indicates that the dataset is a list. The original content has not been modified in any way.