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Abstract Background Independent medical evaluations (IMEs) are commonly acquired to provide an assessment of impairment; however, these assessments show poor inter-rater reliability. One potential contributor is symptom exaggeration by patients, who may feel pressure to emphasize their level of...

Published: 25 February 2014 Authors: Hard K, Rickards HE, Haque MS, Ward C anyone know what happened with this? none of the links go anywhere Pharmacological treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome in adults | Cochrane @Caroline Struthers

Todd Davenport and Mary Dimmock, two of the author panel of the now-cancelled update of the 2019 Cochrane ME/CFS Exercise Review, posted an open letter to the ME/CFS community March 11 2025 including the draft protocol that was developed to update the review and an opportunity to comment on said...

Full title: Assessing the feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks via an application to Cochrane Reviews: Stage 2 of the INSPECT-SR project Abstract Background The aim of the INSPECT-SR project is to develop a tool to identify problematic RCTs in systematic reviews. In...

Stephanie L Boughton Jack Wilkinson Lisa Bero Authors' declarations of interest Version published: 03 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.ED000152 Systematic reviews provide high‐quality assessment of the evidence for healthcare interventions, but this assessment is predicated on the...

Abstract Background: Low back pain has been the leading cause of disability globally for at least the past three decades and results in enormous direct healthcare and lost productivity costs. Objectives: The primary objective of this systematic review is to assess the impact of exercise...

Posting this not about the scientific arguments about microclots, which we have discussed in the individual papers, but more about their experiences in interacting with Cochrane. Note the below link from Doug Kell's blog is from a non-secured server (http not https) and the page formatting is...

Exercise therapy for treatment of acute non-specific low back pain: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38513994/ Objective: To assess the effectiveness of exercise for acute non-specific low back pain (LBP) versus our...

Highlights • Cochrane reviews took a median of 2 years to publish after publication of the protocol. • For 11% of reviews, the time from protocol to review publication was more than 5 years. • Cochrane reviews have been publishing slower in the past 5 years than previously. • A large...

There doesn't appear to be a thread for the federally-funded program contracted to Cochrane Canada and the McMaster University GRADE Centre to develop guidelines for Long Covid, which they call Post-COVID19 condition. The total funding appears to be $9M CAD. So far a few surveys have been sent...

I have just read Hilda Bastian's three articles on this conference on her Absolutely Maybe blog posted in November 2023: A View From the Sicily Evidence-Based Healthcare Conference Is Critical Appraisal Training for Clinicians Doomed? (Sicily Conference Part 2) From the Lab to Evidence...

Divine intervention? A Cochrane review on intercessory prayer gone beyond science and reason Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl; Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn; Gøtzsche, Peter C We discuss in this commentary a recent Cochrane review of 10 randomised trials aimed at testing the religious belief that praying to a...

Protocol for the development of a tool (INSPECT-SR) to identify problematic randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of health interventions Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.21.23295626v1 Abstract Introduction Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) inform...

The Science for ME forum started a petition on 4 September: Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review on Change.org The link is here: https://chng.it/zTZ7vX9Czd It is part of the forum's campaign to have the 2019 Cochrane Exercise Therapy for CFS review withdrawn, and...

Following member discussions, a forum poll and discussions by forum staff and the committee, the following letter has now been sent by email to the Editor-in-chief, Karla Soares-Weiser, and copies to the Governing board, Cochrane Council, Consumer Engagement and Hilda Bastian, head of the IAG...

Abstract Background Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is defined as chronic widespread pain associated with sleep disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and somatic symptoms present for at least three months and cannot be better explained by another diagnosis. Objectives To examine efficacy and safety of...

https://www.cochrane.org/CD014682/SYMPT_how-effective-are-antidepressants-used-treat-chronic-pain-and-do-they-cause-unwanted-effects Key messages • We are only confident in the effectiveness of one antidepressant: duloxetine. We found that a standard dose (60 mg) was effective, and that there...

User involvement in a Cochrane systematic review: using structured methods to enhance the clinical relevance, usefulness and usability of a systematic review update 2015 Authors Abstract Background This paper describes the structured methods used to involve patients, carers and health...

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in...

Full title: Fatigue, post-exertional malaise and orthostatic intolerance: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition INTRODUCTION: Rehabilitation focuses on impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions being informed by the...