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  1. rvallee
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    Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?, 2021, Smith

    Interesting article but ironic given the author's role with COPE, which whitewashed PACE, and Cochrane, given the organization's failure to deal...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jul 7, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  2. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Influence of Priming on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2016, Claessen et al.

    Abstract Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are influenced by psychosocial factors, but it is unknown whether we can influence...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Jun 30, 2021, 12 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  3. MSEsperanza
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    Sunflower therapy for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia), 2007, Bull

    (This is a reference to the discussion on bias due to a lack of blinding here.) Bull, L. (2007). Sunflower therapy for children with specific...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Jun 28, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Control condition design and implementation features in controlled trials: a meta-analysis of trials evaluating psychotherapy..., 2014, Mohr et al.

    Abstract Control conditions are the primary methodology used to reduce threats to internal validity in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Jun 23, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  5. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    Interventions that manipulate how patients report symptoms as a separate form of bias

    When we discuss the problems with trials on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) we usually mention things like...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Jun 22, 2021, 101 replies, in forum: Trial design including bias, placebo effect
  6. Woolie
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    The pervasive problem with placebos in psychology: Why active control groups are not sufficient..., 2013, Boot et al.

    Full reference: Boot, W. R., Simons, D. J., Stothart, C., & Stutts, C. (2013). The pervasive problem with placebos in psychology: Why active...
    Thread by: Woolie, Jun 22, 2021, 31 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  7. Sly Saint
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    Evidence-Based Practice and Psychological Treatments: The Imperatives of Informed Consent 2016

    This article although not about ME/CFS has been cited in a number of papers: Citations of: Evidence-Based Practice and Psychological Treatments:...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 21, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  8. MSEsperanza
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    Trials on therapist-delivered treatments (for illnesses or symptoms that don't have biomarkers yet) that used objective outcomes as primary endpoints

    As the title indicates. Looking for examples of such trials. Systematic reviews (*) of trials that excluded (or downgraded to very low quality)...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Jun 6, 2021, 24 replies, in forum: Other research methodology topics
  9. leokitten
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    How effective are common medications: ... meta-analyses of major drugs, 2015, Leucht et al

    A meta-analysis review worth reading, giving pause to how truly (in)effective many common FDA approved are compared to placebo. How effective are...
    Thread by: leokitten, Jun 3, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  10. Andy
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    Methodology over metrics: Current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society, 2021, Van Calster et al

    Highlights The overall quality of medical research remains poor, despite longstanding criticisms. The scientific enterprise is business-like and...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 2, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  11. Ravn
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    Nonreplicable publications are cited more than replicable ones, 2021, Serra-Garcia & Gneezy

    "Abstract We use publicly available data to show that published papers in top psychology, economics, and general interest journals that fail to...
    Thread by: Ravn, May 30, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  12. cassava7
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    The methodological quality of 176,620 randomized controlled trials published between 1966 and 2018 (...), Vinkers et al, 2021

    The methodological quality of 176,620 randomized controlled trials published between 1966 and 2018 reveals a positive trend but also an urgent...
    Thread by: cassava7, Apr 26, 2021, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  13. Andy
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    Assessment of functional somatic disorders in epidemiological research: Self-report questionnaires vs diagnostic interviews,2021, Petersen, Fink et al

    Highlights • Prevalence of diagnoses were lower in the diagnostic interview than in self-reported questionnaires. • Discrepancies constituted the...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 24, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  14. Andy
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    Quantifying dynamic range in red blood cell energetics: Evidence of progressive energy failure during storage, 2021, Rogers et al

    Abstract Background During storage, red blood cells (RBCs) undergo significant biochemical and morphologic changes, referred to collectively as...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 10, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  15. MSEsperanza
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    Clinical trial outcome measures of improvement and recovery in ME/CFS - which ones are useful? Discussion thread

    Copied from this thread: Independent advisory group for the full update of the Cochrane review on exercise therapy and ME/CFS (2020), led by Hilda...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Apr 6, 2021, 13 replies, in forum: Other research methodology topics
  16. Andy
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    Self-correction in science: The diagnostic and integrative motives for replication, 2021, Peterson and Panofsky

    Might be interesting, sadly it's paywalled. A series of failed replications and frauds have raised questions regarding self-correction in...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 28, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  17. Andy
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    ...discrepancies between objective and subjective measurement of the physical activity level in female patients with [CFS], 2021, Vergauwen et al

    Full title: An exploratory study of discrepancies between objective and subjective measurement of the physical activity level in female patients...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 15, 2021, 16 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  18. rvallee
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    Outcome Reporting bias in Exercise Oncology trials (OREO): a cross-sectional study, 2021, Singh, Twomey et al

    Background Despite evidence of selective outcome reporting across multiple disciplines, this has not yet been assessed in trials studying the...
    Thread by: rvallee, Mar 15, 2021, 26 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  19. Simon M
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    Participation bias

    Split from The course of the illness for ME patients in Norway, 2021, Schei and Angelsen The potential effect of sample biases on DecodeME...
    Thread by: Simon M, Mar 15, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Trial design including bias, placebo effect
  20. Jonathan Edwards
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    Who Agrees That GRADE is (a) unjustified in theory and (b) wrong in practice?

    The idea of GRADE to provide a recipe for making decisions for people who are not themselves capable of making such decisions on their own is a...
    Thread by: Jonathan Edwards, Mar 4, 2021, 146 replies, in forum: Other research methodology topics
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