Not at all. Your words just made me realize something which I don't recall seeing mentioned before. I wonder is it's something we could use to...
Don't get me wrong @DokaGirl - I'm not saying the current system.works well, or even at all. However, there is some notional professional body in...
This is one of the building block of the problems with outcome measurements. Validity of questionnaires The way results of questionnaires are...
I would also suggest that this type of person might be a little more likely to find themselves in a situation where they burn themselves out and...
Yes, but it goes beyond that. If you are unhappy with the behaviour of a doctor, nurse, counsellor, dentist, physiotherapist you can not only...
I appreciate what you're saying here - they may not do that anymore, the trainer maybe wasn't very experienced, even though that behaviour...
Thank you @Parsnip for sharing that. I'm sure there will be many families who, in hindsight, realize they have been taken advantage of, used as a...
There's another thing - please forgive the slight aside. In the ME world, at least this corner of it, while most of us have the shared objectives...
I think you're being over generous there by putting the kindest possible interpretation on it. Even if this person has over estimated his...
Edit to insert quote- It also conveniently introduces another lot of bias because when most people join a trial they do it because they'd like...
Wait. What? Did this guy have a straight face when he was doing that interview? Once again I'm struggling here to believe someone can genuinely...
Is he for real? It doesn't matter what the therapist's intention is. If a treatment is effective that means it has an effect. Hopefully,...
That's the whole thing in a nutshell. If you've doing it properly you must always say you've recovered. The only measure of outcome is by...
This, for me, is the killer. Even as a more severe pwME. Sometimes I just can't push through I feel too ill, will fall over or whatever and...
Thanks for that link @Kitty. I'm going to give this a go to see if it helps get rid of those infuriating earworms. Those maddening little...
I think the English language is just too slippery sometimes. I agree with this. And with this. I never lose my motivation to want to get...
Yep. .Drives me up the wall. I simply cannot switch it off.
From @Sly Saint 's post above I don't know if anyone would like to have a go at reporting them to advertising standards. I haven't the spoons...
I think the roots of the kind of concept of bias we're grappling with here go back even further. Ever since I've been sick the information...
Or we could just call it what it is.....loading the dice. Loaded dice bias?
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