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Conflict of Interest Disclosure in a Top-Tier Portuguese Medical Journal

dc.contributor.authorMoreira Fonseca, N
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-05T16:29:58Z
dc.date.available2018-01-05T16:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-29
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: Scientific medical publications are considered to be a source of unbiased and independent information. Authors are required to disclose relationships with the pharmaceutical industry for transparency purposes. The aim of this work was to assess conflict of interest disclosure in a Portuguese top-tier medical journal by comparing authors' self-reported conflicts of interest with payments listed in the official database of Portuguese Ministry of Health. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All articles published in the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology from December 2015 to May 2016 were reviewed. Articles based on clinical images, with authors affiliated to foreign institutions, editorials, letters to the editor, or submitted before January 1st 2015 were excluded. Authors were categorized on concordance between self-reported disclosures and payments listed in the database. Authors who authored multiple articles were counted as new authors, since each paper offered a new opportunity for financial disclosure. RESULTS: Of the 155 authors surveyed, 82 (53%) were in perfect concordance with the sunshine database, while 73 authors (47%) had one or more undisclosed payments. Undisclosed payments totaled over € 210 000. Four (17%) articles mentioned a conflict of interest, 24 articles (96%) had at least one author with undisclosed payments. DISCUSSION: None of the payments listed in the database was acknowledged in self-reported conflicts of interest. This might indicate that authors do not consider their financial relationships with the industry to be relevant. CONCLUSION: The lack of concordance between self-reported conflicts of interest and payments found in the database raises concerns about incomplete disclosure.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationActa Med Port. 2017 Sep 29;30(9):652-655pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/2838
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCentro Editor e Livreiro da Ordem dos Médicospt_PT
dc.subjectHCC NEFpt_PT
dc.subjectConflict of Interestpt_PT
dc.subjectDisclosurept_PT
dc.subjectPeriodicals as Topicpt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleConflict of Interest Disclosure in a Top-Tier Portuguese Medical Journalpt_PT
dc.title.alternativeDivulgação de Conflitos de Interesse numa Revista Médica Portuguesa de Referênciapt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage655pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue9pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage652pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleActa Médica Portuguesapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume30pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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