Study Limitations

Risks & contraindications

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The acceptance data were not prospectively planned or systematically collected. — Anatomy of a failure: a retrospective evaluation of a cognitive bias modification intervention to promote physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation
• The cross-sectional study design cannot establish causal direction. — Utilization of palliative care services among adult patients with cancer at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
• The small final sample prevents definitive conclusions about efficacy or the relative weight of barriers. — Anatomy of a failure: a retrospective evaluation of a cognitive bias modification intervention to promote physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation
• Research assistants' retrospective recollections introduce substantial recall bias and do not meet accepted qualitative research standards. — Anatomy of a failure: a retrospective evaluation of a cognitive bias modification intervention to promote physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation
• The research team acknowledges potential selection bias because findings from three NSW PHNs may not generalise to all Australian RACHs. — The GRACE video-telehealth project protocol: a mixed-methods study to improve quality, safety and acceptability of video-telehealth in Australian general practice and residential aged care
• The lack of baseline quantitative measures for boredom, perceived relevance, or digital literacy made emotional and cognitive indicators descriptive rather than analytically robust. — Anatomy of a failure: a retrospective evaluation of a cognitive bias modification intervention to promote physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation
• English-only interviews and workshops constrain the capture of culturally and linguistically diverse perspectives. — The GRACE video-telehealth project protocol: a mixed-methods study to improve quality, safety and acceptability of video-telehealth in Australian general practice and residential aged care
• The predominantly middle-aged European male sample recovering from acute coronary syndrome limits generalisability. — Anatomy of a failure: a retrospective evaluation of a cognitive bias modification intervention to promote physical activity in cardiac rehabilitation
• Excluding critically ill patients and patients with known cognitive impairment may have introduced selection bias. — Utilization of palliative care services among adult patients with cancer at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, southwestern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
• The study cannot use randomisation because of feasibility and resource constraints. — Understanding the impact, reach and implementation of a health systems intervention to improve diabetes and hypertension care in pluralistic urban public primary care in Bangladesh: a study protocol