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  1. MSEsperanza
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    What's the difference between using symptoms for making a diagnosis in clinical care vs measuring a treatment effect in clinical trials? (Discussion)

    As the title indicates. Proponents of therapist delivered treatments like psychotherapy or exercise repeatedly rejected the argument that relying...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Feb 18, 2022, 4 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  2. MSEsperanza
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    The importance of patient-reported outcomes: a call for their comprehensive integration in cardiovascular clinical trials, 2014, Anker et al

    Anker, S D, Agewall, S, Borggrefe M et al, 2014, The importance of patient-reported outcomes: a call for their comprehensive integration in...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Feb 18, 2022, 2 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  3. Andy
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    Core Outcome Set for Research and Clinical Practice in Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID): ... ‘PC-COS’, 2022, Munblit et al

    Full title: Core Outcome Set for Research and Clinical Practice in Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID): An International Delphi Consensus Study...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 10, 2022, 8 replies, in forum: Long Covid research
  4. Trish
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    Questionnaires - design, validation and use in ME/CFS research - discussion thread

    I am raising this topic for discussion because I think there are fundamental problems with the design and use of questionnaires in ME/CFS and...
    Thread by: Trish, Jan 30, 2022, 43 replies, in forum: Subjective outcome measures (questionnaires)
  5. MSEsperanza
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    Implanted spinal neuromodulation interventions for chronic pain in adults, 2021, O'Connell (Cochrane)

    Implanted spinal neuromodulation interventions for chronic pain in adults - O'Connell, NE - 2021 | Cochrane Library...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Jan 12, 2022, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. CRG
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    Placebos in clinical care: a suggestion beyond the evidence, 2021, Maher et al

    An article about the paper Doctors Often Prescribe Placebos. But How Well Do They Work? An Australian researcher argues that the medical community...
    Thread by: CRG, Dec 19, 2021, 21 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  7. Sly Saint
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    Cochrane systematic review: Monitoring strategies for clinical intervention studies, 2021, Klatte et al

    Abstract Background Trial monitoring is an important component of good clinical practice to ensure the safety and rights of study participants,...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 16, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  8. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Analyzing ordinal data with metric models: What could possibly go wrong?, Liddell et al. 2018

    Abstract We surveyed all articles in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), Psychological Science (PS), and the Journal of...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 26, 2021, 31 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  9. Sly Saint
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    How to make study documents clear and relevant: the impact of patient involvement, 2021, Jilka et al

    Abstract Background Patient and public involvement can improve study outcomes, but little data have been collected on why this might be. We...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 9, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  10. Hutan
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    Demographic Correlates of Fatigue in the US General Population: Results from the PROMIS Initiative, 2011, Junghaenel et al

    Demographic Correlates of Fatigue in the US General Population: Results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)...
    Thread by: Hutan, Nov 6, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  11. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Red for danger in systematic reviews?, 2021, Andrew Moore

    This is an interesting editorial in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: "Red for danger in systematic reviews?" by Andrew Moore The full...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Oct 25, 2021, 10 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  12. Esther12
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    [NIHR/MRC document] Framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions, 2021, Skivington et al

    I thought it could be of interest to some people here, though I only had a very quick look myself. 172 pages....
    Thread by: Esther12, Oct 3, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. JohnTheJack
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    Adverse event recording failed to reflect potential harms: review trial protocols psychosocial interventions, 2021, Papaioannou, Cooper et al

    Full title: Adverse event recording failed to reflect potential harms: a review of trial protocols of behavioral, lifestyle and psychological...
    Thread by: JohnTheJack, Sep 29, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  14. Andy
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    Reducing bias in trials from reactions to measurement: the MERIT study including developmental work and expert workshop, 2021, French et al

    Abstract Background Measurement can affect the people being measured; for example, asking people to complete a questionnaire can result in changes...
    Thread by: Andy, Sep 29, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  15. cassava7
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    Placebo effect: a psychosomatic component, or only an aggregate of other biases?

    We have previously discussed interventions that manipulate how patients report symptoms as a separate form of bias, rather than as part of the...
    Thread by: cassava7, Sep 27, 2021, 46 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. Snow Leopard
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    Public Strong Inference Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others, Platt, 1964

    Strong Inference Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others. John R. Platt Science,...
    Thread by: Snow Leopard, Sep 18, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  17. Sly Saint
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    Potentially harmful therapies: A meta-scientific review of evidential value, 2021, Williams et al.

    paper here: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-45656-003 Potentially harmful therapies: A meta-scientific review of evidential value. Abstract...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 18, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Other research methodology topics
  18. MSEsperanza
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    Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Chronic Pain after Surgery in Adults: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2021, Carley et al

    Carley ME, Chaparro LE, Choinière M, Kehlet H, Moore RA, Van Den Kerkhof E, Gilron I., Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Chronic Pain after...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Sep 14, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  19. MSEsperanza
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    Quality of evidence for therapist-delivered (non-drug) interventions for subjective symptoms in medically undisputed illnesses (draft thread)

    Edited to add: This is a draft thread that I currently use to get a clearer idea of what needs to be addressed in a comment I try to put together...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Aug 8, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  20. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Science magazine, Landmark research integrity survey finds questionable practices are surprisingly common, 2021

    More than half of Dutch scientists regularly engage in questionable research practices, such as hiding flaws in their research design or...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Jul 8, 2021, 19 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
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