Its not just that they are poor quality its that they aren't linear hence the maths that cochrane is applying is simply wrong. It doesn't make...
For some in the UK it is since the requirement seems to be to keep certain eminent people happy.
I don't see why it is radical to dismiss unreliable results and yes they should be removed from other reviews as well. I think from a review...
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10 weeks also implies that the follow up is very short. We know from CBT and GET that they have short term effects on the questionnaires which...
Given the standard of reasoning and skill he demonstrates in this interview maybe they didn't ignore his role in the trial SO if there are not...
My point was intended to be as you lengthen the chain between what is measured and where you consume the measurements and put people in the way...
I think it is important for any assessment/review to understand what is being measured and hence what may be subject to bias. When using...
I think that is why I had in mind a tool that basically captures patterns that lead to bias and force the authors to think through the issues and...
There are huge problems in applying any form of arithmetic in a simplistic way to any problem and assuming that gives an accurate sense of what is...
It depends what you mean by a tool and what the issues are someone needs to consider. Even those with good knowledge make mistakes or forget...
Maybe we should apologise along the lines of we are sorry for pointing out the methodological flaws, spin and data hiding issues behind some...
More anti patient and anti science stuff from the BMJ
If an intervention can't be followed (or patients don't take it seriously enough to follow) then this is a facit of the interverntion and should...
Yes but not with the BS number I always thought of it as ISO9000 (or TQM) and some of the good parts have become standard practice in terms of...
Having pre-specified outcome is one thing reporting them in the main research is a different thing entirely. I think PACE only reported their...
It doesn't surprise me at all I think Cochrane is really a club of members who say what they want but feel better about it as they use the word...
Maybe we should also have compromises on other (former) controvertial scientific debates such as whether the earth goes round the sun of the...
I get the impression that he is someone who reinvents the past to suit the current needs and for some of his papers he gets away with it because...
There is a question as to how accurate measurements need to be. If someone does say 5 mins more activity a day is that sufficient to claim a good...
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