Overview on the development and application of the key concepts for decision-making in health care

Notas metodológicas

Published on 23 de junio de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.05.3065

Overview on the development and application of the key concepts for decision-making in health care

Key concepts related to treatment claims.

1.1 Beware of claims that are too good to be true	1. "100% safe!"2. "100% effective!"3. "100% true!"
1.1 Beware of claims with flawed logic	1."The treatment is necessary!2. "It works like this!"3."Associated with!"4."Real world data!"5."No comparison needed!"6."A study proves it!"7. "Old is better!"8. "New is better!"9. "More is better!"10. "Sooner is better!""Personalized medicine!"
1.3 Beware of statements based solely on confidence	2. "Just like it says in the ad!"3. "It worked for me!"4. "Recommended by experts!""Peer reviewed!"

Concepts related to treatment claims are based on analyzing the logic, source, and plausibility of the claim made.

Source: Elaborated by authors based on Oxman et al. [4].