It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
Yes
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
Yes
F Curry Grant
Role(s):
Date Submitted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 11:53
Costello Medical Publications Team
Costello Medical
Role(s):
A reader of medical journals
Other
Medical communications agency
Date Submitted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 07:48
It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
Yes
Comments: We thank ICMJE for explicitly including the time frame for disclosures. We suggest that the distinction between ‘directly-related’ and ‘topically-related’ are irrelevant if the answer to one of these questions is ‘yes’. Therefore, we would suggest to clarify in the introduction that relationships/activities that are both directly- (during any time frame) and topically-related (36 months) should be disclosed, and include the examples for both, but just ask authors in one ‘any and all’ column to provide this information, emphasising in the column header that it should be used if they report either kind of activity.
We appreciate that, in the guidance, it is clarified that the purpose of disclosing this information is to provide transparency to readers and that it is related to anything that readers may find ‘pertinent’. We would suggest simplifying the final sentence in the first paragraph by changing ‘it is preferable that you do so’ to stronger language (e.g. ‘…you should disclose these activities’) and strengthening the directions in the ‘Comments’ column (e.g. ‘Indicate whether you or your institution received payment for these activities’).
In the ‘payment or honoraria for…manuscript writing…’ section, we would suggest replacing this with ‘publications’ to capture all publication types.
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
Yes
Comments: We appreciate ICMJE’s effort to capture the most comprehensive information from authors. However, we are concerned that these edits may increase the burden on authors and would potentially lead authors not to disclose all relevant conflicts of interest due to the time required to complete this form. We would therefore suggest that this form be simplified. For instance, we would suggest that authors be asked to indicate the name of the relationship/activity/organisation and then, within that row, be allowed to select via checkbox which kind of activities they have engaged in with that organisation (essentially swapping the rows and columns on the proposed form). This would shorten the form significantly and prevent authors from having to write the same organisation name multiple times for multiple relationships, reducing the burden on authors.
Kyaw M. Lwin MD, MPH
Role(s):
A health care professional
A reader of medical journals
Date Submitted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 14:01
It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
Yes
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
Yes
Wei-ping Liu
Role(s): An author who publishes work in medical journals
Date Submitted: Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 06:49
It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
Yes
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
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It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
It is easy to understand what the ICMJE Disclosure Form is asking to be disclosed.
The information collected by the ICMJE Disclosure Form is appropriate.
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