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=== We have been attacked by gremlins === A 1994 study by Pawlikowska, [[Trudie Chalder]] and [[Simon Wessely]], looking at general fatigue and psychological distress, found that women are more likely to complain of fatigue; and that the commonest reasons for fatigue were work, family, and lifestyle ('psychosocial', 40% of patients). Their conclusion was that fatigue is closely associated with 'psychological morbidity'.<ref name="Pawlikowski1994"/> *A 2000 response by Martin Bland<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127546/ Fatigue and psychological distress - Statistics are improbable]</ref>, a professor of mathematical statistics, questioned the seemingly impossible statistical results of that study, and some other statistical errors.<ref name="Bland2000comm"/>. * A response from Chalder and Wessely admitted the error and said: <blockquote>Somewhere between the analysis and the printed copy we have been attacked by gremlins. Sadly, the passage of time, theft of a computer containing the original draft, and the fact that none of us can find the proofs anymore, mean that we have no idea when this happened.<ref name="Chalder2000comm"/></blockquote> *David Marchevsky, a consultant psychiatrist, responded on the dangers of 'unsupported conclusions derived from faulty analyses', especially when 'this doctor was an important key figure in a Cochrane collaboration group.'<ref name="Marchevsky2000comm"/> *Jon Håvard Loge wrote that he had a copy of the original 1993 manuscript submitted for review, which did not include the errors, and he suggested that 'The gremlins seem to have attacked somewhere in the production line because the referees at the BMJ reviewed a manuscript with correct means.'<ref name="Loge2000comm"/> <blockquote>Missing proofs, theft of a computer and passage of time might seem like poor excuses and indicate unreliable researchers.</blockquote> *Simon Wessely replied, reaffirming that the BMJ was attacked by gremlins.<ref name="Wessely2000comm"/> *Anthony Pelosi, who reviewed the original manuscript, responded that he had told the authors of a number of statistical errors, and suggestions to fix them.<ref name="Pelosi2000comm"/> *Richard Smith, the editor of the [[BMJ]], replied that the errors were "ultimately unimportant", and suggested a dinner be held.<ref name="Smith2000comm"/> <!--- need to review journal details, dates, PMID, url - suspected errors ---> <ref name="Pawlikowski1994">{{citation | last1 = Pawlikowska | first1 = T | authorlink1 = | last2 = Chalder | first2 = T | authorlink2 = Trudie Chalder | last3 = Hirsch | first3 = SR | authorlink3 = | last4 = Wallace | first4 = P | authorlink4 = | last5 = Wright | first5 = DJ | authorlink5 = | last6 = Wessely | first6 = SC | authorlink6 = Simon Wessely | title = Population based study of fatigue and psychological distress | journal = BMJ : British Medical Journal | volume = 308 | issue = 6931| pages = 763–766 | date = 1994-03-19 | pmid = 7908238 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2539651/ }}</ref> <ref name="Bland2000comm">{{citation | last1 = Bland | first1 = Martin | title = Fatigue and psychological distress - Statistics are improbable | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-02-19 | pmid = 10678880 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.515/a | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127546/ }}</ref> <ref name="Chalder2000comm">{{citation | last1 = Chalder | first1 = T | authorlink1 = Trudie Chalder | last2 = Wessely | first2 = SC | authorlink2 = Simon Wessely | title = Fatigue and psychological distress - Statistics are improbable (author's response) | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-02-19 | pmid = 10678880 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.515/a | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127546/ }}</ref> <ref name="Marchevsky2000comm">{{citation | last1 = Marchevsky | first = David | title = Twists in the tale of impossible means - In which a copy of the original manuscript is found safe in Norway | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-02-29 | pmid = 10678880 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.515/a | url = http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/statistics-were-improbable-so-what }}</ref> <ref name="Loge2000comm">{{citation | last = Loge | first = Jon Håvard | title = Twists in the tale of impossible means - In which a copy of the original manuscript is found safe in Norway | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-05-13 | pmid = 10885930 | url = http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/lost-manuscript }}</ref> <ref name="Wessely2000comm">{{citation | last1 = Wessely | first1 = SC | authorlink1 = Simon Wessely | title = Twists in the tale of impossible means - Gremlins at the BMJ, not Kings | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-05-13 | pmid = 10885930| | url = http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/gremlins-bmj-not-kings }}</ref> <ref name="Pelosi2000comm">{{Citation | last = Pelosi | first = Anthony | authorlink1 = | title = Twists in the tale of impossible means - The reviewer shows that the gremlins might have attacked on several fronts | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-05-13 | pmid = 10885933 | url = http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/referee-writes }}</ref> <ref name="Smith2000comm">{{citation | last1 = Smith | first1 = Richard | authorlink1 = Richard Smith | title = Twists in the tale of impossible means - and the editor invites everyone to dinner | journal = BMJ | volume = 320 | issue = 7233| pages = 515 | date = 2000-05-13 | pmid = 10885933 | url = http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/bmj-apologise-hosting-dinner-impossible-means }}</ref>
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