Revisiting the Sham : Is It all Smoke and Mirrors?
Joint Authors
Gold, Jeffrey I.
Balk, Judith
Horn, Brandon
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-04-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The misuse of sham controls in examining the efficacy or effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine has created numerous problems.
The theoretical justification for incorporating a sham is questionable.
The sham does not improve our control of bias and leads to relativistic data that, in most instances, has no appropriate interpretation with regards to treatment efficacy.
Even the concept of a sham or placebo control in an efficacy trial is inherently paradoxical.
Therefore, it is prudent to re-examine how we view sham controls in the context of medical research.
Extreme caution should be used in giving weight to any sham-controlled study claiming to establish efficacy or safety.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Horn, Brandon& Balk, Judith& Gold, Jeffrey I.. 2011. Revisiting the Sham : Is It all Smoke and Mirrors?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Horn, Brandon…[et al.]. Revisiting the Sham : Is It all Smoke and Mirrors?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Horn, Brandon& Balk, Judith& Gold, Jeffrey I.. Revisiting the Sham : Is It all Smoke and Mirrors?. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-502632