{"title":"Seres' fallacies","authors":"John D. Loeser","doi":"10.1016/S1082-3174(99)70007-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Accurate determination of treatment outcomes is critical in the development of new therapies and the evaluation of existing treatments. Valid measures and meaningful statistical inferences are required. We have an obligation to develop better outcome assessments in the management of pain.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101001,"journal":{"name":"Pain Forum","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 192-194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1082-3174(99)70007-3","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pain Forum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1082317499700073","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Accurate determination of treatment outcomes is critical in the development of new therapies and the evaluation of existing treatments. Valid measures and meaningful statistical inferences are required. We have an obligation to develop better outcome assessments in the management of pain.