Table 3. Reported frequencies of types of industry interactions.
| Sample (Location) [Reference] | Type of Interaction | |||||
| Representative Contact | Gifts/Compensation | Meals | Samples | Education (Event) | Education (Materials) | |
| Nurses | ||||||
| NPs (US) [25] | 96% reported “regular” contact | 49% reported attendance 1–5 times at lunch events, and 64% attendance 1–5 times at dinner events, in the past 6 mo | 66% | 96% in past 5 y | ||
| NPs (US) [35] | 36% | |||||
| Family NPs (US) [34] | 72%a | 85%a | 82%a | |||
| RNs (New Zealand) [27] | 26% reported no contact; 51% responded “monthly or less”; 14% had contact ranging from 2–3 times monthly to 3 or more times per week | 75% | 55% | 100% | ||
| Multidisciplinary | ||||||
| MDs, PharmDs, NPs (US) [26] | Mean number of contacts 9 per month | |||||
| MDs, PAs, NPs (US) [39] | 72% | |||||
| General practitioners, nurses, dieticians, midwives, other (UK) [29] | <5% reported having contact in past 6 mo | 7% | <0.5% | 21% | ||
| MDs, nurses, midwives (West Africa) [36] | 12% | 12% in past 6 mo | 16% | |||
| RNs, lactation consultants, staff (US) [38] | 86% | |||||
a
Respondents indicating “sometimes, frequently or always.”