Spin and fragility in anaesthesia studies: when sirens sing into anaesthetists' ears
Issued Date
2023-05-01
Resource Type
ISSN
00070912
eISSN
14716771
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85150246873
Pubmed ID
36931963
Journal Title
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Volume
130
Issue
5
Start Page
507
End Page
510
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
British Journal of Anaesthesia Vol.130 No.5 (2023) , 507-510
Suggested Citation
Gama de Abreu M., Schultz M.J., Serpa Neto A. Spin and fragility in anaesthesia studies: when sirens sing into anaesthetists' ears. British Journal of Anaesthesia Vol.130 No.5 (2023) , 507-510. 510. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.021 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/82056
Title
Spin and fragility in anaesthesia studies: when sirens sing into anaesthetists' ears
Author(s)
Author's Affiliation
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Melbourne Medical School
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Austin Hospital
Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Melbourne Medical School
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Austin Hospital
Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Spin and fragility are common in randomised controlled trials published in anaesthesia journals. Staying with the facts and addressing only the primary endpoint in the conclusion of clinical research reports might help reduce spin. Routinely reporting the fragility index, in turn, could deliver information about robustness, enhancing the transparency of positive dichotomous results. It is in the best interest of clinical research that authors, reviewers, and journals come together to reduce spin and address the fragility of randomised controlled trials.