Mais cedo não é necessariamente melhor

This is a Portuguese translation of the ninth in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Ney Duarte Neto and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.

This blog explains that people often assume that early detection of disease leads to better outcomes. However screening tests can be inaccurate (e.g. misclassifying people who do not have disease as having disease). Screening can also cause harm by labelling people as being sick when they are not and because of side effects of the tests and treatments.

Carryover effects: What are they, why are they problematic, and what can you do about them?

Carryover effects can affect outcomes and results of research, and are important to consider, particularly in the design phase of a study.

Mais não significa necessariamente melhor

This is a Portuguese translation of the eighth in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Marília Ferreira and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.

This blog explains that increasing the dose or amount of a treatment (e.g. how many vitamin pills you take) often increases harms without increasing beneficial effects. If a treatment is believed to be beneficial, we should not assume that more of it is better.

Publication bias: The answer to your research question may be sitting in somebody’s file drawer

Publication bias remains a problem in health research. This blog by Andrés explores the issues we face and provides detail of the initiatives designed to address the problem.

Die IHC Schlüsselkonzepte 3.1 – 3.6

Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (3.1 – 3.6). These set of key concepts help people to make informed choices about treatments

Die IHC Schlüsselkonzepte 2.1 – 2.18

Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (2.1 – 2.18). These set of key concepts help people understand whether comparisons of treatments are fair and reliable

Die IHC Schlüsselkonzepte 1.1 – 1.12

Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos in German (concepts 1.1 – 1.12). These set of key concepts help people to recognise an unreliable basis for treatment claims.

Deutsche Übersetzungen der Informed Health Choices (IHC) Schlüsselkonzepte

We are delighted to introduce the German translations of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) ‘Key Concepts’ videos. Thank you to 4th year Physiotherapy students from the University of hochschule 21 and Cordula Braun.

Cuidado com conflitos de interesse

This is a Portuguese translation of the seventh in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Lucas Mello Netto and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.

This blog discusses how people with an interest in promoting a treatment (in addition to wanting to help people), such as making money, may promote treatments by exaggerating benefits and ignoring potential harmful effects. Conversely, people may be opposed to a treatment for a range of reasons, such as cultural practices.