A Novel Graphical Method for Data Presentation in Alcohol Systematic Reviews: The Interactive Harvest Plot

Abstract

Aims: To demonstrate a novel method for presenting and exploring data in systematic reviews of the alcohol literature. Methods: Harvest plots are a graphical method for displaying data on the overall pattern of evidence from a systematic review. They can display the direction of effects and risk of bias within studies for multiple outcomes in a single graphical chart. Using data from our previous meta-analysis on the association between personality disorder and alcohol treatment outcome, we extended the application of harvest plots by developing an interactive online harvest plot application. Results: Studies included in the review were heterogeneous in design. There were many different prim..