Second, we asked respondents whether in their view each recommendation fulfilled or violated moral responsibilities to patients.
All of the CONSORT harms reporting recommendations were fulfilled by <50% of the articles.
Although more harms recommendations were fulfilled in epoch 2 (m2 = 6.49, SD 2.66) than in epoch 1 (m1 = 5.39, SD 2.52; P = 0.04), only the recommendation to report harms per arm was satisfied by >90% of trials in epoch 2, whereas <60% reported withdrawals due to harms.
People felt that progress could be achieved if individuals make a significant and concerted effort to ensure that these recommendations are fulfilled.
We thank Wendy Van Doorslaer (XPE Pharma & Science) and Jérémie Dedessus le Moutier (BD Life Sciences) who provided support on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline group of companies to coordinate the circulation of the manuscript to all co-authors, to collect comments received from co-authors, and to make sure that International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations were fulfilled.
With the exception of self-monitoring of blood glucose and the start of oral hypoglycaemic agent therapy when diet alone is insufficient, all recommendations were fulfilled by a greater proportion of patients in the good control group than in the suboptimal control group.
That recommendation was fulfilled in 1988, when Congress approved the Civil Liberties Act, which provided a formal apology and limited reparations to the Japanese citizens and resident aliens that had been sent to internment camps.
We are not aware of studies assessing whether this recommendation is fulfilled in clinical practice.
The 5-a-day recommendation was fulfilled by 11.1%% of all individuals, and when stratified by distress levels, was reported by a higher percentage of individuals with low distress compared to individuals with moderate or high distress levels.
Can it develop good recommendations, and fulfill its mandate, without the close coöperation of agencies and contractors?
Without proper funding, none of these vital recommendations to fulfill the vision of a healthy Gulf are possible.
