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Piper Boyll1, Matthew Neville2, Robert Bernard3
1University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ.
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
|September 27, 2018
Summary
Conflicts of interest (COIs) disclosure in plastic surgery journals showed major discordance. Many industry payments reported in the Open Payments database were not disclosed by authors in their publications.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical research integrity
- Academic publishing ethics
- Conflict of Interest (COI) research
Background:
- Financial relationships between biomedical companies and authors can influence research presentation.
- The National Physician Payment Transparency Program (Open Payments or Sunshine Act) aims to expose potential conflicts of interest.
- Peer-reviewed journals typically require authors to disclose potential conflicts of interest.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare self-disclosed conflicts of interest by authors with data in the Open Payment Database.
- To assess the accuracy and completeness of COI disclosures in plastic surgery publications.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of articles published in Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from August 2013 to December 2016.
- Comparison of financial disclosures in articles with physician payment data from the Open Payments Database (2013 and 2018).
Main Results:
- 1346 articles were analyzed, with 899 authorships eligible.
- Discrepancies were found in 782 authorships.
- 96% of discrepancies involved potential COIs in the Open Payments database that were not disclosed in the journal publication.
Conclusions:
- Significant discordance exists between author-reported COIs and industry payments in the plastic surgery literature.
- This highlights potential underreporting of financial relationships in academic publications.
- Ensuring transparent COI disclosure is crucial for maintaining research integrity.
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