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Research: Impact of misdiagnosis in studies of ME/CFS
Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition, can lead to inaccurate research results. Misdiagnosis can skew results … Continue reading
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Tagged biomedical research, case, misclassification, misdiagnosis, Nuno Sepulveda, statistics
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Properties of measurements obtained during Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in individuals with ME/CFS
Properties of measurements obtained during Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, M A Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark VanNess in Work vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 247-256, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-day CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Christopher R Snell, Jared Stevens, Prof Mark VanNess, Staci R Stevens, statistics, Todd E Davenport
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A reexamination of the Cognitive Behavioral model of CFS
Thesis abstract: Cognitive behavioral theories of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) assert that cognitions and behaviors perpetuate the fatigue and impairment that individuals with CFS experience (Wessely, Butler, Chalder, & David, 1991). Vercoulen and colleagues (1998) utilized structural equation modeling to empirically … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive behavioural model, Madison L Sunnquist, statistics, thesis
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Rehmeyer makes statisticians’ ‘jaws drop’ over PACE
MEAction blog post by Alex Anderssen, 8 August 2016: Rehmeyer makes statisticians’ ‘jaws drop’ over PACE Science writer Julie Rehmeyer presented a critique of the PACE trial to North America’s largest gathering of statisticians in Chicago earlier this week. Her talk was titled, “Bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Anderssen, Cort Johnson, Julie Rehmeyer, MEAction, PACE trial, statistics
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