Reporting bias inflates the reputation of medical treatments: A comparison of outcomes in clinical trials and online product reviews

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue , 2017, Pages 248-255

  de Barra, Mícheál ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; eHealth; Health informatics; Medical overuse; Word of mouth

Indexed keywords

SITOSTANOL; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; LACTONE; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; STANOL ESTER;

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPORTING BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY;

BIAS; DATA ACCURACY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LACTONES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SITOSTEROLS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 85012891850     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.033     Document Type: Article

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