Barely Significant
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Effectiveness of befriending interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMJ Open · 2017 · PMC5594212 · PMID 28446525

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borderline significantp=0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
Befriending demonstrated a borderline significant effect on this measure (p=0.08); there was an SMD of 0.24 (95% CI 0.52 to −0.03, I 2 =57%).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported
Most trials showed improvement in symptoms associated with befriending but these associations did not reach statistical significance in all trials.

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practically significantno p-value reported
The current system of measuring different outcomes when participants did not necessarily have a problematic baseline of the given measure to start with will make finding effects that are statistically and practically significant difficult.

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