Transparency ethics in practice: Revisiting financial conflicts of interest disclosure forms in clinical practice guidelines

摘要

Background: Authors of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) disclose financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs)to promote transparency ethics. Typically, they do so on standard declaration forms containinggeneric open-ended questions on FCOIs. Yet, the literature is scant on the format andeffect of alternative disclosure forms. Does supplementing a standard form with subsequentdetailed disclosure forms tailored to the context of the CPG improve the yield or accuracy of FCOIs declarations? [...]