Seen the “98% of studies were ignored!” one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:
“One emerging criticism of the Cass review is that it set the methodological bar too high for research to be included in its analysis and discarded too many studies on the basis of quality. In fact, the reality is different: studies in gender medicine fall woefully short in terms of methodological rigour; the methodological bar for gender medicine studies was set too low, generating research findings that are therefore hard to interpret.”
Blimey, you’re speaking for the medical community itself as a whole now, pray tell then why haven’t they binned every systematic review ever carried out using the NOS system?
Why after 20 years of use is this system only being rubbished after two reviews into gender affirming healthcare in the UK were published?
Why are you the only person complaining about the Newcastle-Ottawa system when everyone else online is making up lies like “98% of data was dismissed”?