Background Printed educational materials are widely used dissemination strategies to
improve the quality of healthcare professionals' practice and patient health outcomes …

Objectives: The authors investigated the extent to which changes occurred between 1992
and 2005 in the ways that primary care physicians seek answers to clinical problems. What …

Purpose We aimed to assess the impact of spin (ie, reporting to convince readers that the
beneficial effect of the experimental treatment is greater than shown by the results) on the …

OBJECTIVE: To measure the effects of a summary-of-findings (SoF) table on user
satisfaction, understanding, and time spent finding key results in a Cochrane review. STUDY …

Background Phase III randomized, clinical trials (RCTs) assess clinically important
differences in end points that reflect benefit to patients. Here, we evaluate the quality of …

We have identified 'spin'in abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with
nonsignificant primary endpoints in psychiatry and psychology journals. This is a cross …

Purpose “Spin,” a slang term meaning the misrepresentation of study findings such that the
beneficial effects of an intervention are magnified beyond what the results actually show, is a …

Objective Spin, the misrepresentation and distortion of research findings, has been shown to
affect clinical decision making. Spin has been found in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

Background Small, preliminary studies and the systematic reviews on superior capsular
reconstruction (SCR) that collate data are at increased risk spin. This study's primary …

Background Research has shown that many physicians rely solely on abstracts to make
clinical decisions. However, many abstracts have been shown to be misleading. The primary …