Abstract
The Annals has taken the unusual and serious step of retraction of a paper published in May 2013 1 because serious doubt has been cast on the reliability of the report. After publication we were informed by the Hospital Director of a hospital in Dubai named as the research site that the first author had worked there for a short time but that his employment ceased before the stated end of recruitment to the study. The paper had five authors, all based in Italy, yet the Methods section described patient recruitment only in the City Hospital, Dubai.
Highlights
Issues relevant to patients? Results of a systematic review and ICF linking process
The paper had five authors, all based in Italy, yet the Methods section described patient recruitment only in the City Hospital, Dubai
The Annals asked the authors to comment on all of these points. It transpired that approval from an Ethics Committee in Italy was obtained only after recruitment had ended
Summary
Issues relevant to patients? Results of a systematic review and ICF linking process. J Rehabil Med 2011; 43: 374–381 23. BMC Med Res Methodol 2011; 9: 112. The Annals has taken the unusual and serious step of retraction of a paper published in May 20131 because serious doubt has been cast on the reliability of the report.
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