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ArticleWellcome open research2019

Expert quotes and exaggeration in health news: a retrospective quantitative content analysis.

Francien G Bossema, Peter Burger, Luke Bratton, Aimée Challenger, Rachel C Adams, Petroc Sumner, Joop Schat, Mattijs E Numans, Ionica Smeets

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Irish Media Coverage of COVID-19 Evidence-Based Research Reports From One National Agency.International journal of health policy and management · 2022
    Article
  2. Musculoskeletal healthcare: Have we over-egged the pudding?International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2019
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francien G BossemaDepartment of Science Communication and Society, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-5326
Peter BurgerMedia Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Luke BrattonSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Aimée ChallengerSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7357-3473
Rachel C AdamsSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Petroc SumnerSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-0510
Joop SchatDepartment Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Mattijs E NumansDepartment Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-5426
Ionica SmeetsDepartment of Science Communication and Society, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1743-9493

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

exaggerationexpert quotesjournalismnews articlespress releasespublic healthscience communication

Identifiers

PMID31346551
PMCPMC6619368

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