Are conflict of interest declarations appropriate to allow sufficient consideration of potential bias in presentations?
Conflicts of interest
disclosure
medical education
Journal
Future healthcare journal
ISSN: 2514-6645
Titre abrégé: Future Healthc J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101711246
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
entrez:
23
10
2020
pubmed:
24
10
2020
medline:
24
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Potential conflicts of interest (CoI) are common in medical research, necessitating the use of CoI declarations. There is currently no consensus document or external authority guiding CoI declarations in conference settings, resulting in declarations of variable quality and utility. We explored four CoI declaration parameters (sufficient slide display time; the presence of any verbal explanation pertaining to relevant CoI; the use of an adequate font size; and whether the nature and relevance of the CoI was described). Parameters were graded from one to three points, with the sum of parameters providing an overall declaration quality out of 12. We then applied this scoring system to recordings of presentations from the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) annual conference 2018 which were available online. Sixty-nine presentations were suitable for inclusion, of which 47 (68%) contained a CoI statement. Thirty-six of the 47 (77%) presentations declared that they had no CoI. In the remaining 11 (23%) with reported CoI, the median time spent displaying CoI was 1 second (interquartile range (IQR) 0.7-3.3). The median quality score for presentations was 7 (IQR 6-10). This study demonstrates utility in considering aspects of CoI declarations at conferences to improve transparency.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Potential conflicts of interest (CoI) are common in medical research, necessitating the use of CoI declarations. There is currently no consensus document or external authority guiding CoI declarations in conference settings, resulting in declarations of variable quality and utility.
METHODS
METHODS
We explored four CoI declaration parameters (sufficient slide display time; the presence of any verbal explanation pertaining to relevant CoI; the use of an adequate font size; and whether the nature and relevance of the CoI was described). Parameters were graded from one to three points, with the sum of parameters providing an overall declaration quality out of 12. We then applied this scoring system to recordings of presentations from the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) annual conference 2018 which were available online.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Sixty-nine presentations were suitable for inclusion, of which 47 (68%) contained a CoI statement. Thirty-six of the 47 (77%) presentations declared that they had no CoI. In the remaining 11 (23%) with reported CoI, the median time spent displaying CoI was 1 second (interquartile range (IQR) 0.7-3.3). The median quality score for presentations was 7 (IQR 6-10).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrates utility in considering aspects of CoI declarations at conferences to improve transparency.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33094234
doi: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0018
pii: futurehealth
pmc: PMC7571736
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
226-229Informations de copyright
© Royal College of Physicians 2020. All rights reserved.
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