Correction to: 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 (BMC Medicine (2019) 17 (105) DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1330-9);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

BMC Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Boutron, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Haneef, Romana ^a,b,c   Yavchitz, Amélie ^a,c   Baron, Gabriel ^c   Novack, John ^d   Oransky, Ivan ^e   Schwitzer, Gary ^f   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,b,c,g  

^a PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d INSPIRE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrimental research practices; Distorted interpretation; Randomized trial; Spin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE IV AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; DATA ACCURACY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85066873500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1388-4     Document Type: Erratum

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