I think one of the problems with BPS research is it's largely led by psychiatrists who have come through medical and psychiatric training, which...
I agree, for example, the number of steps I can take in a day, the time I can spend upright, and my ability to concentrate for long periods are...
Yes, I hope we will be able to do this.
I would say that using measurement systems like the Chalder Fatigue questionnnaire as a primary outcome measure in a clinical trial for ME/CFS...
It's the sort of title that we could have come up with to spoof the ridiculous trend in creating catchy and irrelevant titles for trials by...
Since they found no difference in outcome, does it matter if some patients could tell which group they were in? It's good this has been done, as...
The playground bully picks on the weakest child. Despicable. If they want to cut the welfare bill they need to put more money into really good...
@dundrum, your participation on this and other threads has used up a lot of energy of members responding and trying to explain to you the problems...
I thought it had been shown from population studies, but this is off topic for this thread to go into any more.
A laudable aim. So is mine. Can you tell us more about how you intend to help patients?
Then where is the section in the main PACE trial paper published in 2011 with great publicity claiming efficacy for GET/CBT, showing that the...
@dundrum and anyone else interested, Professor Brian Hughes book Psychology in Crisis is and enlightening read. It even has a chapter on the PACE...
It's also important when making claims about efficacy to put them in context. Just saying there was as statistically significant improvement on...
Short term statistical significance in subjective questionnaires that was not maintained at followup, not supported by objective evidence and not...
Perhaps because the BPS people think they have already established what they believe to be true, and don't understand that their studies are...
As we have already explained many times, patient organisations are rightly critical of badly designed trials. If someone proposed yet another...
It is the wrong criteria when applied to people who are diagnosed with different criteria. The key point being, as I'm sure you are aware, that...
S4ME was my immediate thought too. Researchers know where we are. They are welcome to join us and tell us about their research, and discuss with...
Would exclusion of those with somatisation disorder, whatver that is, mean the sample selected primarily experienced fatigue, and not other...
What about biology - anemia is common in menstruating women, as is menstrual pain and the effect on mood and sleep of hormone cycles. But of...
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