Educational UpdateVariable Reporting by Authors Presenting Arthroplasty Research at Multiple Annual Conferences
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Material and Methods
Self-reported disclosures from the following 4 major arthroplasty annual meetings were compiled for use in this study: the 2012 annual meetings for the AAOS, the AAHKS, HS, and KS 19, 20, 21, 22. Self-reported disclosure data from the authors for each conference and the disclosure policies for each meeting were obtained from meeting programs. Notably, the AAOS required global disclosure from its participants, including “all financial relationships with any corporate entity” [19]. In contrast,
Results
The total number of research presenters at the AAOS annual meeting was 5002, and of those who presented, 1649 (33.0%) had financial disclosures. The mean number of disclosures (among those who reported) was 4.01, with a range from 1 to 44. Most authors reported greater than 3 disclosures (n = 876, 53%), compared to 330 authors with 2 disclosures (20%), and 443 with 1 disclosure (27%). Despite this categorization, there was a progressive decrease in authors with increasing number of disclosures.
Discussion
Previous studies have demonstrated COI disclosure discrepancies in orthopedic conferences in both spine surgery and sports medicine 1, 18. To our knowledge, our study is the first to evaluate disclosures and identify discrepancies among major arthroplasty conferences in a calendar year. In our survey of the 2012 annual meetings of the AAOS, AAHKS, HS, and KS, we found (1) that disclosures were common among authors at all 4 meetings, (2) discrepancies in disclosures occurred more than one-third
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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.