PubMed · 17880
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H Terezkiewicz, J Wojciechowicz. 1977. [Nursing integration].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17880/
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the objective of scientific association proceedings in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (NTvG) and whether the objective is met by publication. DESIGN: Interview. SETTING: The editorial office of NTvG MATERIAL AND METHODS: The clinical relevancy of the proceedings published in 1990 and 1991 was determined using selection criteria. 53 (former) secretaries of scientific associations which publish their proceedings in NTvG were interviewed by written questionnaire, and 101 physicians were interviewed by telephone, asking for their opinion on the objective and the use of publishing the proceedings. RESULTS: Of the proceedings (1610 abstracts) published in 1990 and 1991 20% were considered clinically relevant. The opinion of the secretaries of the associations was that the objective of the proceedings is to record medical information and to provide a medical newspaper for the latest reports of the associations, mostly intended for all readers of the NTvG. The secretaries usually correct the abstracts with respect to form and to a lesser extent to informative value. Editorial office selection of the abstracts was not considered desirable, guidelines with regard to writing an abstract of the proceedings were appreciated. More than half of the family physicians read the proceedings, but often considered them too specialised. Half of these thought editorial office selection of the abstracts advisable. About 80% of the specialists read the proceedings, of which the informative value was considered variable. They disapproved of editorial selection. In general physicians read the proceedings very selectively. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical relevancy of the abstracts of the proceedings leaves much to be desired. The objective is to provide a medical record and a newspaper for all readers, but these read the proceedings very selectively. The informative value could be improved. Abstract selection should be in the hands of the associations' secretaries only, but guidelines from the editorial office on writing abstracts are welcomed.
BACKGROUND: An increasing proportion of spending by the pharmaceutical industry has gone to funding symposiums that are published by peer-reviewed medical journals. This study tests the hypothesis that such sponsorship, particularly by a single pharmaceutical company, is associated with a promotional orientation of the symposium and a distortion of the peer-review process. METHODS: We counted the symposiums published in 58 journals of clinical medicine and surveyed the journal editors regarding their policies for symposium issues. We analyzed the symposium issues that appeared in the 11 journals that published the most symposiums in order to determine the sponsor or sponsors, the topics, whether the titles were misleading, whether brand names were used, and whether the featured drugs were classified by the Food and Drug Administration as innovative or approved. RESULTS: The number of symposiums published per year increased steadily from 1966 through 1989. Forty-two percent of those analyzed (262 of 625) had a single pharmaceutical company as the sponsor. These symposiums were more likely than those with other sponsors to have misleading titles (P less than 0.001) and to use brand names (P less than 0.001), and less likely to be peer-reviewed in the same manner as other articles in the parent journal (P less than 0.001). Of the 161 symposiums that focused on a single drug, 51 percent concerned unapproved therapies; 14 percent concerned drugs classified as bringing important therapeutic gains. CONCLUSIONS: Symposiums sponsored by drug companies often have promotional attributes and are not peer-reviewed. Financial relations among symposium participants, sponsors, and journals should be completely disclosed, symposiums should be clearly identified, and journal editors should maintain editorial control over contributions from symposiums.