Conflict of Interest Statements and Disclosure Policies for Surgical and Medical Societies.
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| Názov: | Conflict of Interest Statements and Disclosure Policies for Surgical and Medical Societies. |
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| Autori: | Wittrock K; Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA., Kane S; Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA., Chang J; Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA., Turaczyk Kolodziej DA; Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA., Aziz H; Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA. |
| Zdroj: | The American surgeon [Am Surg] 2025 Dec; Vol. 91 (12), pp. 2111-2119. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jun 10. |
| Spôsob vydávania: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
| Informácie o časopise: | Publisher: SAGE Publications in association with Southeastern Surgical Congress Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0370522 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1555-9823 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00031348 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am Surg Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2020- : [Thousand Oaks, CA] : SAGE Publications in association with Southeastern Surgical Congress Original Publication: Atlanta Ga : Southeastern Surgical Congress |
| Výrazy zo slovníka MeSH: | Conflict of Interest* , Disclosure*/standards , Disclosure*/ethics , Societies, Medical*/ethics , General Surgery*/ethics , Organizational Policy*, Humans ; United States |
| Abstrakt: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. BackgroundDisclosing conflicts of interest helps maintain the integrity, independence, and objectivity of surgical and medical societies. This study analyzed the public accessibility of disclosure requirements for these societies and the differences between these requirements.Study DesignAn analysis of the publicly available webpages of surgical and medical societies in the United States was performed to identify conflict of interest disclosure policies. These policies were analyzed to determine whether they addressed the identification, management, resolution, and administrative actions related to conflicts of interest. The primary outcome of this study relates to considerable variation in the disclosure policies.ResultsPublicly available web sites from 78 surgical and 116 medical societies were accessed to identify their disclosure policies. Only 50% (39/78) of surgical societies and 52.6% (61/116) of medical societies had clear requirements for disclosing conflicts of interest. A mere 38.5% (15/39) of policies from surgical societies defined a significant conflict of interest, while 72.1% (44/61) of policies from medical societies defined the same. Of those with a clear conflict of interest statement, only 33.3% (13/39) of surgical societies and 63.9% (39/61) of medical societies provided a form for disclosure.ConclusionOverall, there was a general lack of accessibility, accountability, and consistency in conflict-of-interest statements for surgical and medical societies. Many policies do not contain detailed information on conflict-of-interest management. To improve disclosure, each surgical society should publish guidelines for disclosures, provide a specific definition for a significant conflict of interest, and offer a disclosure form. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: conflict-of-interest; disclosure; ethics; policy; societies |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250610 Date Completed: 20251103 Latest Revision: 20251103 |
| Update Code: | 20251103 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00031348251351005 |
| PMID: | 40494655 |
| Databáza: | MEDLINE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.<br />BackgroundDisclosing conflicts of interest helps maintain the integrity, independence, and objectivity of surgical and medical societies. This study analyzed the public accessibility of disclosure requirements for these societies and the differences between these requirements.Study DesignAn analysis of the publicly available webpages of surgical and medical societies in the United States was performed to identify conflict of interest disclosure policies. These policies were analyzed to determine whether they addressed the identification, management, resolution, and administrative actions related to conflicts of interest. The primary outcome of this study relates to considerable variation in the disclosure policies.ResultsPublicly available web sites from 78 surgical and 116 medical societies were accessed to identify their disclosure policies. Only 50% (39/78) of surgical societies and 52.6% (61/116) of medical societies had clear requirements for disclosing conflicts of interest. A mere 38.5% (15/39) of policies from surgical societies defined a significant conflict of interest, while 72.1% (44/61) of policies from medical societies defined the same. Of those with a clear conflict of interest statement, only 33.3% (13/39) of surgical societies and 63.9% (39/61) of medical societies provided a form for disclosure.ConclusionOverall, there was a general lack of accessibility, accountability, and consistency in conflict-of-interest statements for surgical and medical societies. Many policies do not contain detailed information on conflict-of-interest management. To improve disclosure, each surgical society should publish guidelines for disclosures, provide a specific definition for a significant conflict of interest, and offer a disclosure form. |
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| ISSN: | 1555-9823 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00031348251351005 |