Kalliope
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Nina E. Steinkopf has today published a letter to the editor regarding the lightning process and this study
Letter to editor regarding the lightning process
quote:
In the article “An audit of 12 cases of long COVID following the lightning process intervention examining benefits and harms” the authors «aimed to conduct an independent, university-based audit on the first long COVID patients treated by the only full-time LP practitioner in New Zealand,…”.
The method is described as “a retrospective, cross-sectional audit.” Readers are informed that “Ethics approval is not required in New Zealand for audits of clinical practice.”
This gives the impression that the article is a report from an audit of a clinical practice and that ethics approval was not required.
It is important to clarify that this is not the case.
Letter to editor regarding the lightning process
quote:
In the article “An audit of 12 cases of long COVID following the lightning process intervention examining benefits and harms” the authors «aimed to conduct an independent, university-based audit on the first long COVID patients treated by the only full-time LP practitioner in New Zealand,…”.
The method is described as “a retrospective, cross-sectional audit.” Readers are informed that “Ethics approval is not required in New Zealand for audits of clinical practice.”
This gives the impression that the article is a report from an audit of a clinical practice and that ethics approval was not required.
It is important to clarify that this is not the case.