Are arms-based methods required to test the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) among Cochrane reviews of contagious infection prevention interventions?

Glob Epidemiol · 2026 · PMC13254971 · PMID 42294091

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Which of the five patterns ‘a’ – ‘e’ does the results of the 13 systematic reviews correspond? Moreover, how would we know? Given the marginally significant pneumonia prevention in RCCTs of non-antibiotic based interventions, these would likely correspond to ‘b’ or ‘c’.

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