This is from the discussion section of the paper:
Meerpohl is also a member of the Governing Board so he might have been involved in the decision to cancel the planned update....
This rapid response criticises the NICE guideline by referring to the Cochrane review on GET as a good example of applying GRADE:
Just noticed that Joerg Meerpohl the director of Cochrane Germany who commented on the review in the German article was also a co-author of this...
I thought the point of not wanting to retract Cochrane reviews was to keep reviewers happy and not offend them (so that researchers keep doing...
Reflecting a bit more on the useful German article. Not sure if this reason given by Cochrane makes sense. If they wanted to avoid controversy,...
Good that other people at Cochrane are interviewed about this. Perhaps that is something advocates can do: contact regional Cochrane offices or...
Not sure, it's common to split evidence for adults versus children.
Not so sure because their concept of ME/CFS might differ and be more inclusive than ours. I've heard some interesting stories from ME/CFS...
What about the argument that strictly defined ME/CFS with clear PEM would have been more likely to have shown adverse effects in GET/CBT trials....
There are a couple of studies that looked at people referred to specialist centres with a suspicion of ME/CFS and around 50% did not meet ME/CFS...
The authors have published a rapid response yesterday: https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj-2024-081318/rapid-responses Very disappointing and...
Thanks!
In which thread did he say this? Don't think I agree with this statement.
Thanks! I've forgotten we had access to his response. Re-reading this a couple of years later, it seems his reply was quite unhelpful. His...
Yes I think the authors of the individual trials being included is a recognition for their data being used. The fact that Galsziou was senior...
anyone has the text of guyatts reply?
They simply measured ME/CFS-like symptoms" Yes agree, and it should have been done in the two studies you are reporting on!
His main arguments seem to be that recruitment was biased towards ME Association members or people affiliated with it and that it did not include...
Got the same impression when looking into psychosomatic theory for other diseases. It was usually presented as a progressive view and contrasted...
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