Reporting of conflicts of interest in oral presentations at medical conferences: a delegate-based prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the prevalence, location, presentation and consistency of conflict of interest statements in oral presentations at medical conferences DESIGN: Prospective, delegate-based observational study SAMPLE: 201 oral presentations at 5 medical conferences in 2016 MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Presence of a conflict of interest statement, its location within the presentation and its duration of display. Concordance between conflict of interest disclosures in oral presentations and written abstracts or meeting speaker information RESULTS: Conflict of interest statements were present in 143/201 (71%) presentations (range for conferences 26%-100%). 118 of the 141 evaluable statements (84%) were reported on a specific slide. Slides containing conflict of interest statements were dis

SUBMITTER: Grey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623528 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature