Mindfulness Meditation Alleviates Fibromyalgia Symptoms in Women: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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Assessed on 5 Nov 2025

OverallReviewer's overall integrity assessment, derived from all research questions Some concerns

DOI 10.1007/s12160-014-9665-0 (opens in new tab)

Resource ripekg:research-integrity-assessment/RIPEA48CA011D332751A7

5 Research Questions · 2 Evidence Items

Q1.1 — Does the study have an associated retraction?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: I agree with INSPECT-AI

Q1.2 — Does the study have an associated expression of concern or other relevant post-publication notice?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: I agree with INSPECT-AI

Q1.3 — Do other studies by the research team highlight causes for concern?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemNo

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsNo

Rationale: I agree with INSPECT-AI

Q2.2 — Are there concerns relating to the timing or absence of study registration?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemUnclear

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsUnclear

Rationale: I agree with the INSPECT-AI suggestion. The recruitment dates are not reported in the PDF article. The information in WHO and the ISRCTN registries indicates that the date of registration is 22/06/2006 and the date of first enrolment is 01/01/2000 and the final enrolment and completion date are both 01/01/2003. Given that these dates are pre-2005, this might explain the time difference between the registration date and the enrolment date.

Supporting Evidence (2)

Clinical Trial RegistrationSource: Clinical trial registry (e.g. ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN)

Registration ID: ISRCTN34628811

Registry: ISRCTN

Registry Link: https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=ISRCTN34628811 (opens in new tab)

Registration Date: 22/06/2006

Prospective:Whether the trial was registered before participant recruitment began No

Assessment Rationale:How INSPECT-AI determined the prospective registration status by comparing dates LLM-extracted recruitment start date (normalized_date) is missing or empty.

Study Design EvidenceDates and timelines extracted by INSPECT-AI from the publication text

Recruitment Start: N/A

Recruitment Start Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment start date No recruitment start date found.

Recruitment End: N/A

Recruitment End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the recruitment end date No recruitment end date found.

Study End: N/A

Study End Rationale:INSPECT-AI's reasoning for how it identified the study end date No study end date found.

Overall — What is the overall integrity assessment of the study?

Automated Assessment:Assessment produced by the automated systemN/A

Human Assessment:Assessment by a domain expert reviewer, informed by AI resultsSome concerns

Rationale: There might be some concerns regarding the time delay between the registration date and the enrolment dates given in the ISRCTN registry, although this might be explained by the pre-2005 study enrolment date.