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Health researchers report funder pressure to suppress results

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2021-08-18 22:00:05

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A survey of public-health researchers has found numerous instances of trial results being suppressed on topics such as nutrition, sexual health, physical activity and substance use, with 18% of respondents reporting that they had, on at least one occasion, felt pressured by funders to delay reporting, alter or not publish findings.

The survey, published in PLoS One1, involved 104 researchers from regions including North America, Europe and Oceania who have led trials to evaluate behavioural interventions designed to improve public-health outcomes.

These trials, published between 2007 and 2017, were cited in Cochrane reviews, which are considered the ‘gold-standard’ of evidence used to inform health-care decision-making.

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