Results from five studies on the prevalence of COI
| Study | Social media | Health condition | Prevalence of COI (n of authors with COI / N total authors) |
| Verified | |||
| Niforatos et al18 | Blogs | Emergency medicine | 15.4% (45/292) of US-based healthcare providers |
| Tao et al31 | Haematology-oncology | 79.5% (504/634) of US-based haematologist-oncologists | |
| Walradt et al19 | Gastrointestinal endoscopy | 37% (7/19) of tweets that mentioned the name of a medical device were posted by a US physician who had received a payment | |
| Suspected | |||
| Toth et al13 | Blogs | Detox diets industry | 80% (4/5) of nutritionist blog posts had a ‘potential’ COI None of registered dietitians blog posts had a ‘potential’ COI |
| Chretien et al32 | General | 0.2% (12/5156) of tweets involved ‘possible’ conflicts of interest | |
COI, conflicts of interest.