A review of high impact journals found that misinterpretation of non-statistically significant results from randomized trials was common.

Hemming, Karla; Javid, Iqra; Taljaard, Monica

Hemming, Karla; Javid, Iqra; Taljaard, Monica.

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Hemming K; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: k.hemming@bham.ac.uk.
Javid I; Biomedical Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Taljaard M; Clinical Epidemiology Program, and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

J Clin Epidemiol ; 145: 112-120, 2022 05.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35081450

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Key words

Clinical importance; Confidence intervals; Conflating absence of evidence; Misinterpretation; Non-statistically significant; P-values; Randomised controlled trials; Reporting; Treatment effects

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Periodicals as Topic / Journal Impact Factor Type of study: Clinical_trials / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: J Clin Epidemiol Journal subject: EPIDEMIOLOGIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article

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