Class of 2017 Abstract / Objectives: To assess the clinical evidence that supports recommendations made on The Dr. Oz Show
Methods: This descriptive, retrospective study determined if recommendations made during the first 30 episodes from season 5 of The Dr. Oz Show were supported, not supported, or no literature evidence could be found. The 30 episodes chosen were aired between 4/25/2014 and 7/29/2014. The literature evaluated was from among three databases: PubMed, Embase and Natural Medicines. A total of 82 specific recommendations were assessed. The recommendations included those concerning medications, dietary supplements, medical devices, food and cosmetic products. Two investigators independently researched the literature evidence for each recommendation using a point-grading system. A consensus of agreement was reached for the evaluation of the accuracy for each recommendation.
Results: A total of 77 recommendations from among the 30 chosen episodes met inclusion criteria and were therefore analyzed. Among the 77 analyzed recommendations, 30 (38.9%) of them were supported by evidence, 6 (7.7%) of them were not supported by evidence and 41 (53.4%) of them had no evidence found.
Conclusions: Overall, less than half of the recommendations in the first 30 episodes of season 5 on The Dr. Oz Show were supported by evidence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/624168 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Truong, Annie, Dao, Quyen |
| Contributors | Apgar, David, Slack, Marion, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Electronic Report |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. |
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