- Framework of problems / Objective
- Non-financial conflicts of interest of review authors
- Conclusions in systematic reviews of mammography for breast cancer screening and associations with review design and author characteristics
Ref ID | 535 |
First Author | S. Raichand |
Journal | SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS |
Year Of Publishing | 2017 |
URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441061/pdf/13643_2017_Article_495.pdf |
Keywords |
Allegiance Oncology Disclosure |
Problem(s) |
Financial conflicts of interest of review authors Non-financial conflicts of interest of review authors |
Number of systematic reviews included | 50 |
Summary of Findings | 42% of conclusions were graded as favourable. Among conclusions produced by clinicians, 63% were graded as favourable compared to 32% from other authors. In the 50–69 age group where the largest proportion of systematic reviews were focused, conclusions drawn by authors without financial competing interests and non-clinicians were significantly less likely to be graded as favourable. |
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Yes |
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | Yes |