I thought it might be useful to go through the main arguments against the review, to see if these make sense and if they would impact the results....
So they should test positive for a Western blot, a standard test to detect acute Lyme disease? I suspect many chronic Lyme disease patients do...
@duncan Honest question (I'm no expert at this subject) Suppose patients have no recollection of a tick bite, the erythema migrans rash or Lyme...
I agree with that, but I also think there might be a real problem of overdiagnosis. Belgium is probably a good example of this. A few years ago...
Do you mean this: "We have added three new studies in this updated review (Jason 2007; Wearden 2010; White 2011)"? This is a statement that was...
@Sly Saint What do you mean by 3 added studies? As far as I know, no studies have been added to the data. In their discussion section, they...
Just noticed that the changes made to the Cochrane review are not normally described as an update (which would include a new literature search and...
I see but I really meant something else. When I said something 'better' I referred to response bias and patients filling in the questionnaire in a...
The following changes were proposed but rejected: 1) Objective outcomes Tom Kindlon and Robert Courtney noted that with the exception for health...
Do you mean that some patients had such severe fatigue that they still would have the maximum score even after an improvement in fatigue? That...
To clarify for others: Larun et al. set the minimal important difference (MID) for SF-36 physical function at 7 points, citing two studies, one...
A SMD of 0.64 seems pretty large compared to a 3.4 point difference on a 33 point scale. Just a thought: Is it possible that the SMD was inflated...
To clarify what I mean: I did a quick Pubmed search using the terms: (Chalder Fatigue Scale) AND (minimally important difference OR clinically...
As their source they refer to: Ridsdale L, Godfrey E, Seed P: Chronic Fatigue in general practice: authors reply. Br J Gen Pract 2001, 51:317–318...
Could this be it: Sabes-Figuera et al. (2012). Cost-effectiveness of counselling, graded-exercise and usual care for chronic fatigue: evidence...
While I was searching I found this one by Crawley on the "minimally clinically important difference of the SF-36 physical function subscale for...
I thought it might be useful to get an overview of the major changes compared to the 2017 version. I prefer focusing on the main comparison of...
Thanks @Anna H and @MSEsperanza! I have now added you both to the list.
Not sure what you mean. There isn't a rapid response section for this article. I have sent my letter to the editors of the journal but they...
@PhysiosforME I would indeed be happy if you steal some of my wording. :) Thanks very much for your efforts on this. Please let me know if I...
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