About the Authors

Paul P. Glasziou

paul_glasziou@bond.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Iain Chalmers

Affiliation James Lind Initiative, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sally Green

Affiliation Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Susan Michie

Affiliation Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Dr. Sally Green is Co-Director of the Australasian Cochrane Centre, a Centre of the Cochrane Collaboration. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily the views or the official policy of the Cochrane Collaboration.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG IC SG SM. Performed the experiments: PG IC SG SM. Analyzed the data: PG IC SG SM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PG IC SG SM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: PG IC SG SM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: PG IC SG SM.