| Title |
Adherence of Pharmaceutical Advertisements in Medical Journals to FDA Guidelines and Content for Safe Prescribing
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0023336 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Deborah Korenstein, Salomeh Keyhani, Ali Mendelson, Joseph S. Ross |
| Abstract |
Physician-directed pharmaceutical advertising is regulated in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); adherence to current FDA guidelines is unknown. Our objective was to determine adherence rates of physician-directed print advertisements in biomedical journals to FDA guidelines and describe content important for safe prescribing. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 42 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 45% |
| Spain | 2 | 5% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 2% |
| Russia | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 34 | 81% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
| Scientists | 2 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 45 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Researcher | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
| Librarian | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 27% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 37% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 14% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |