Response to letter to the editor related to the retraction of a trial included in a meta-analysis of interventions to enhance oral medication adherence titled “Effectiveness and content analysis of interventions to enhance oral antidiabetic drug adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes: Systematic review and meta-analysis”

We thank the editor for giving us the opportunity to reply to this letter to the editor. In this letter, the authors raise concerns about our article titled “Effectiveness and content analysis of interventions to enhance oral antidiabetic drug adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes: Systematic review and meta-analysis” and about the publication and review process of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. More specifically, the letter raises three m ain issues. The first two issues refer to the responsibilities of authors and editors/reviewers, whereas the third issue refers to the effect the retraction of one article may have had on the results and conclusions of our systematic review and meta-analysis.
Source: Value in Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research