Abstract
Background
Prior studies have demonstrated discrepancies in financial conflict of interest (COI)
disclosure among authors presenting research at multiple spine and sports medicine
conferences. The purpose of this study was to quantify the variability of self-reported
financial disclosures of individual authors presenting at multiple arthroplasty conferences
during the same year.
Methods
The author disclosure information published for the 2012 annual meetings of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons,
the Hip Society, and the Knee Society were compiled. We tabulated the author disclosures,
the number of companies/entities represented, and the types of disclosures reported.
The disclosures made by authors presenting at more than one meeting were then compared
for discrepancies.
Results
Of the 209 authors who presented at both the AAOS and American Association of Hip
and Knee Surgeons meetings, 79 (37.79%) demonstrated discrepancies in their disclosures
with 7 (8.8%) reporting no disclosures to the AAOS. Of the 84 authors who presented
at both the AAOS and Hip Society meetings, 1 (1.19%) had discrepancies in their disclosures.
Of the 52 authors who presented at both the AAOS and Knee Society meetings, 2 (3.84%)
had discrepancies in their disclosures.
Conclusion
There is variability in reported financial COIs by authors presenting at multiple
arthroplasty conferences within the same year. Further work is warranted to improve
transparency of COI disclosures among arthroplasty surgeons presenting research at
national meetings.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 07, 2016
Accepted:
May 27,
2016
Received in revised form:
May 27,
2016
Received:
March 4,
2016
Footnotes
No author associated with this paper has disclosed any potential or pertinent conflicts which may be perceived to have impending conflict with this work. For full disclosure statements refer to http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2016.05.068.
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