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2 more PACE Trial critiques published in ‘Journal of Health Psychology’ series

Kenny Banya

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12 May 2017
Two more commentaries on the controversial PACE Trial have been published in full by the Journal of Health Psychology (JHP) – part of a series of 13 it has published so far.

The JHP agreed to not to impose its usual paywall on this topic after it accepted a suggestion from the ME Association that the public interest in the subject warranted the pieces going open access.

The two latest critiques are as follows:

PACE-GATE: An alternative view on a study with a poor trial protocol (Bart Stouten)

PACE investigators’ response is misleading regarding patient survey results (Karen D Kirke).

The ME Association has archived all the articles in this series – including those written by defenders of the PACE Trial.

They can be found below Dr Charles Shepherd’s contribution at this link: www.meassociation.org.uk/2017/04/its-time-for-an-independent-review-of-the-pace-trial-methods-and-results-dr-charles-shepherd-journal-of-health-psychology-10-april-2017/