Three randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of “spin” in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments on patients’/caregivers’ interpretation of treatment benefit

Three randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of “spin” in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments on patients’/caregivers’ interpretation of treatment benefit

Abstract Background News stories represent an important source of information. We aimed to evaluate the impact of “spin” (i.e., misrepresentation of study results) in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments on patients’/caregivers’ interpretation of treatment benefit. Metho...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Boutron, Romana Haneef, Amélie Yavchitz, Gabriel Baron, John Novack, Ivan Oransky, Gary Schwitzer, Philippe Ravaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Randomized trial
Spin
Distorted interpretation
Detrimental research practices
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1330-9

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