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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / April 2005What are the limitations of a double-blind study?
Any idea? Jim Chinnis should be the one to come in for comment. After all, Jim is a research scientist and should be most familiar with the limitations of a controlled study. > Jim Chinnis should be the one to come in for comment. After all, Jim > is a research scientist and should be most familiar with the > limitations of a controlled study. You don't have to be a research scientist to read and find that those WERE NOT CONTROLLED STUDIES. Susan Then state the limitations of those you think are .... FP Susan <Susan@nothankyou.com> wrote in part: >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Susan Absolutely. One only has to be able to read.  SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG You still need to answer what is being asked by the thread, and not get side-tracked by Susan's comment. ======================================= > Susan <Susan@nothankyou.com> wrote in part: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Jim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA > Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG Then, Jim, as a research scientist, it is your duty to warn the patients against the limitations of a double-blind study. So far you have not addressed yourself to this question. I am still waiting. OK? List the limitations one by one and afterwards tell us how reliable a double-blind study is given the limitations. FP How about this one? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9 604636&dopt=Abstract At least by now, Susan, you could not claim that you have not found anything in English that talks about the relationship between acu and tinnitus. FP > How about this one? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > FP I never said I found nothing that talked about a *relationship.* I said there was no good scientific evidence, though I had heard of some anecdotal cases of relief. I stand by my statements. I think anyone who feels relief upon using acupuncture should keep using it. Susan > Jim Chinnis should be the one to come in for comment. After all, Jim > is a research scientist and should be most familiar with the > limitations of a controlled study. You write this as if you had some knowledge of the backgrounds of the rest of those who post to this group. You don't. |
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