Comparision of two different CAM articles

Medical · 13 October 2024

		Tai Chi and Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease	The Efficacy of Exercise Programs for Parkinson’s Disease: Tai Chi versus Combined Exercise
Aim & objective		Clearly defined aim with primary & secondary outcome variables to investigate	Clearly defined aim, however no primary outcome variable is defined
Methodology	Allocation	Concealed and Randomised	Lack Concealed and Randomised
	Control group	Presence of concurrent control Solid reasoning Lack of non-exercise baseline	Presence of concurrent control Lack of literature evidence for choice of control group Presence of non-exercise baseline
	Inclusion/exclusion criteria	Clearly defined in detail	Lack of detail
	Measurements	Objective	Objective and subjective (Not a problem usually, the problem of using subjective measurements is mentioned in "Unmasked" below)
	Assessment of outcome	Masked (Blinding)	Unmasked
Results & discussion	Uncertainty analysis	Statistical analysis is performed to reduce uncertainty Type A uncertainty is identified and presented, but lack of Type B uncertainty analysis	Reasonable statistical analysis specifically for small sample size is performed Type A uncertainty is identified and presented, but lack of Type B uncertainty analysis
	Completeness of Follow-up & dealing with dropouts	High completeness with 'Intention-to-treat' principle applied for dropouts	Low completeness/ Remove results from study for dropouts
	Sample size used in study	Large and diverse	Small and lack of diversion
	Interpretation of results	Clear evidence provided based on observed data	Unclear and confusing evidence