Table 4.
Conflict of interest reporting among the health professionals who contributed to the 37 primary care guidelines that included conflict of interest statements
| CONFLICT OF INTEREST REPORTING | FAMILY PHYSICIAN, N (%) (N = 231) | OTHER SPECIALIST, N (%) (N = 627) | NURSE OR NURSE PRACTITIONER, N (%) (N = 81) | NONCLINICIAN SCIENTIST, N (%) (N = 115) | PHARMACIST, N (%) (N = 30) | OTHER CLINICIAN,* N (%) (N = 140) | TOTAL, † N (%) (N = 1224) | P VALUE‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported | 64 (27.7) | 305 (48.6) | 8 (9.9) | 11 (9.6) | 9 (30.0) | 4 (2.9) | 401 (32.8) | < .001 |
| Denied or not reported | 167 (72.3) | 322 (51.4) | 73 (90.1) | 104 (90.4) | 21 (70.0) | 136 (97.1) | 823 (67.2) |
*
Other clinician category includes allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and chiropractors.
†
Unknown and unknown medical doctor were each less than 10% of the total contributors; therefore, they were not compared.
‡
Fisher exact test was used.