In other news, my 2nd comment on the 12 year old CBT for CFS review which is now used in four clinical guidelines has been published nearly three...
It is simply unbelievable (except of course it happens all the time) that the trial registration (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02499302)...
Did they submit a CONSORT checklist with their manuscript?? Is there a flow diagram?...
I remember talking to the late great Doug Altman in May 2018. I had been pestering him and colleagues on and off to look at PACE, and the Crawley...
The Cochrane review is not being revised - it has been already been revised to say (still) that GET is effective at reducing fatigue. Cochrane...
yes, that makes perfect sense! So the "author accepted manuscript" is today's equivalent of a preprint. Trish's paper should be called a...
haha - probably! Sorry about that...
A preprint has not been peer reviewed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preprint. However, authors can post the "author accepted manuscript" on...
yes, you're right. She doesn't mention researcher allegiance at all. Which is relevant....
Bero says...."Focusing on interests such as personal beliefs, experience, or intellectual commitments can divert attention from financial...
Your excellent comment has now appeared!!! https://www.evidentlycochrane.net/chronic-pain-psychological-therapies/
Yes, exactly. Good science is about rigorously testing your hypothesis. People are just becoming more skilled at pretending they are doing that...
Thank you so much! Yes. Might tweet a version of this beautiful example if that's OK...
Thank you - you and @Snow Leopard - I was too lazy to check - assuming those two references actually supported their statement! Ironic! I will...
Oh wow! Thank you for this. I think a comment on the review might be in order ;-)
I commented on the blog, Prof Williams responded, and I responded to that....
Actually, it was easy to find this information in the review by searching on the word "excluded". I will have a closer look at the three...
I had a look at the review, and this surprise finding about four of the CBT trials which were excluded is not reported - at least not that I could...
HAve now posted a Comment on the blog https://www.evidentlycochrane.net/chronic-pain-psychological-therapies/
There is the usual reliance on subjective outcomes in unblindable trials. Because psychological therapies are delivered and usually also evaluated...
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