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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      I...I have no words Non-randomized, n=63, Control: staring at desk Active intervention: caring for plant Outcome: tiny difference in proxy of mental health Headlines:pic.twitter.com/oWUH77FvMu

      32 replies 249 retweets 795 likes
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      Study is here: https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/aop/article-10.21273-HORTTECH04427-19/article-10.21273-HORTTECH04427-19.xml …

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      Here is that massive, glorious difference that has people the world over buying pot plants:pic.twitter.com/AICUZDhHL9

      8 replies 21 retweets 111 likes
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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      It's just absurd If your control is "doing nothing" and your active intervention is "doing something" IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU SEE A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE

      4 replies 15 retweets 159 likes
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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      There's also this delightful gem in the Daily Mail Statistical significance =/= practical importance A ONE POINT DIFFERENCE IN AN 80-POINT ANXIETY SCALE PROBABLY DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCHpic.twitter.com/2fICbvO0MG

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

      A big shout-out to whoever wrote the press release, because damn this is truly awfulpic.twitter.com/6yd8nY9O4s

      2:13 PM - 5 Jan 2020
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

          Any researcher anywhere knows that this is almost certainly a meaningless study It's probably just regression to the mean (i.e. people improving just by random variation) And yet, the news is completely uncritical of this fact

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

          As others are pointing out, there are lots more problems with this study TL:DR desk plants probably don't do very much for your anxiety

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        4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Jan 2020

          P.s. for all those asking, this particular study was funded by Mitsubishi, who as far as I know don't make houseplantspic.twitter.com/HXHhHmIxb6

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        5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Jan 2020

          Blog now out on this:https://medium.com/@gidmk/desk-plants-wont-cure-your-work-anxiety-fdf1aa4e1b1d …

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        1. Thomas Crow‏ @scicrow 5 Jan 2020
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          I think the best bit is the image the press release chose to include is of possibly the most terminally depressed and sickly desk plant I have ever seen.

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