National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland.
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2022 Jun;27(7):1783-1789. doi: 10.1177/13591053211008203. Epub 2021 Apr 10.
In a paper published in the , Adamson et al. (2020) interpret data as showing that cognitive behavioural therapy leads to improvement in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue. Their research is undermined by several methodological limitations, including: (a) sampling ambiguity; (b) weak measurement; (c) survivor bias; (d) missing data and (e) lack of a control group. Unacknowledged sample attrition renders statements in the published Abstract misleading with regard to points of fact. That the paper was approved by peer reviewers and editors illustrates how non-rigorous editorial processes contribute to systematic publication bias.
在发表于《柳叶刀》的一篇论文中，Adamson 等人（2020 年）解读数据显示，认知行为疗法可改善慢性疲劳综合征和慢性疲劳患者的状况。但他们的研究存在几个方法学局限性，包括：（a）抽样不明确；（b）测量力度弱；（c）幸存者偏差；（d）数据缺失；以及（e）缺乏对照组。未承认的样本流失导致已发表的摘要中的陈述在事实方面产生误导。该论文得到了同行评审员和编辑的认可，这表明不严格的编辑流程如何导致系统的发表偏倚。
