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A Quantitative Assay to Study Protein:DNA Interactions, Discover Transcriptional Regulators of Gene Expression, and Identify Novel Anti-tumor Agents
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Comunicados de prensa: traducir la investigación en noticias
Steven Woloshin1, Lisa M Schwartz
1VA Outcomes Group, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA.
JAMA
|June 1, 2002
Resumen
Los comunicados de prensa de las revistas médicas a menudo omiten las limitaciones del estudio y los detalles de la financiación de la industria. La presentación de datos en estos comunicados puede exagerar los hallazgos, lo que afecta a la comunicación científica precisa.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La Comunicación Médica es la Comunicación Médica.
- Publicaciones Científicas Editorial Científica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las revistas médicas aspiran a la precisión y reconocen sus limitaciones.
- Los comunicados de prensa pueden no representar completamente la exactitud o las limitaciones de la investigación publicada.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar cómo los comunicados de prensa de las revistas médicas comunican las limitaciones del estudio y la financiación de la industria.
- Analizar los formatos de presentación de datos en los comunicados de prensa para detectar posibles exageraciones.
Principales métodos:
- Entrevistas telefónicas con oficiales de prensa de 9 destacadas revistas médicas.
- Análisis de 127 comunicados de prensa emitidos por estas revistas.
Principales resultados:
- Solo el 23% de las publicaciones mencionaron las limitaciones del estudio.
- La financiación de la industria fue revelada en sólo el 22% de los estudios relevantes.
- Los formatos de presentación de datos en las publicaciones pueden inflar la importancia percibida de los hallazgos.
Conclusiones:
- Los comunicados de prensa con frecuencia no destacan las limitaciones del estudio y la financiación de la industria.
- La forma en que se presentan los datos puede conducir a una sobreestimación del impacto de la investigación.
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