What I really meant was that even though they may not have seen the finally recorded dataset itself, there will surely have been many discussions...
Exactly @Lucibee. One of the first things I learnt in electronics (a good while ago), is that when using a voltmeter to measure a voltage, if you...
"Tovey: Please see above. Many of the criticisms of the PACE study, including reported COI of the researchers, and changing outcome measures prior...
Yes, for sure.
Will anyone get a chance to see the proposed survey questions before they go public? Because the design of the survey is crucial. The medical...
Although I see your point, they may also feel that the MEA and ME community are likely much better placed to gather reliable information. They...
Agreed. It actually comes across as rather out of touch and prejudiced - things that impede effective communication.
Surely it depends what the message is @Trish. I would have thought many of us joined S4ME in the hope of changing things. I do believe that it...
If the researchers are serious they should be able to factor this into their trial design, and have mitigation strategies.
I included in some of my comments that I felt a COI was not always cut and dried and would depend on individual circumstances. But that any...
Whilst reading your post it occurred to me to say ... exactly what I then read further in your post :).
I think a lot of psychiatric conditions are about people having distorted self perceptions. So psychs live in a world where the way to cure their...
For anyone wanting additional options to select, I would think it essential to therefore also tick "Other" and follow it up with a brief...
Or design cars, or aircraft, or power tools, or anything ... oh dammit, they seem to think they can design trials :wtf:
Encouraging. A key issue is to ensure psychiatrists have no overbearing influence or oversight.
I think we need to work on how to convince people of the how flawed it is to combine subjective outcomes with unblinded trials. There is clearly a...
Keen to see the full article, which is open access I see,
I think I heard a good while back that much of 'journalism' now is not the real thing anyway. Financial constraints provoking a race to the bottom...
I don't entirely agree, because outside of ME advocacy groups most people are not primed, and will be able to see Stuart Murdoch's comments about...
Agree entirely. Being positive has many shades, often for the same person in different situations. Sometimes its a bl**dy hard grind and sheer...
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