title: [Conflict of interest with industry--a survey of nurses in the field of wound care in Germany, Australia and Switzerland].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses in the field of wound care are increasingly being courted by the wound industry.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A survey regarding nurses' perceptions and participation in pharmaceutical marketing was conducted.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on existing instruments, a standardized questionnaire (39 items, 5-point Likert scale) was developed. It was sent electronically and by mail to all nursing members of the Austrian Society for Vascular Care (ÖGvP), the German Wound Healing Society (DGfW e. V.) and the Swiss Association for Wound Care (SAfW).
  
  
  RESULTS
  178 nurses participated in the survey (75 % women; aged 27 - 70 years [median 45], 0 - 40 years [median 9] practice in the area of the wound care). Only about one fourth of the respondents (23,0 %) did not participate in pharmaceutical marketing last year. Generally small gifts were more frequently received than expensive gifts. Most of the nurses valued inexpensive gifts, educational gifts and gifts with patient benefit as appropriate. The majority of respondents consider themselves as less influenceable in decision making, compared to physicians.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The behavior and attitude of nurses are ambivalent. The occurrence of conflict of interest is partly justified by perceived patient benefit. Lack of knowledge about the topic and social desirability could be the cause of an uncritical attitude. For a more critical approach education and ethical standards are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Berner Fachhochschule, z. Zt. der Studiendurchführung Schweizerische Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Pflege FHS St. Gallen.
authors.forename: Eva-Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Panfil
authors.affiliation: z. Zt. der Studiendurchführung Schweizerische Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Pflege FHS St. Gallen.
authors.forename: Karoline
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zima
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Cochrane Zentrum, z. Zt. der Studiendurchführung Department für Pflegewissenschaft, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten/Herdecke.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.affiliation: Sektion Forschung und Lehre in der Pflege, Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie, Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köpke
authors.affiliation: German Center for Evidence-based Nursing «sapere aude», Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: Gero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaft, Medizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, z. Zt. der Studiendurchführung Department für Pflegewissenschaft, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten/Herdecke.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001317:Austria; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D037921:Gift Giving; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D040541:Marketing; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*
keywords: Conflict of interest; Industrie; Interessenkonflikt; Marketing; Pflege; Wundversorgung; marketing; nursing; pharmaceutical industry; wound care