The journal and Chief Editors retract the 16 December 2021 article cited above.
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding abnormal similarities with the contents of other articles published by unrelated research groups. A subsequent investigation, which was conducted in accordance with Frontiers' policies, raised strong concerns over the authorship of the articles, resulting in a loss of confidence in the findings presented in the article.
The authors have not responded to this retraction.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Surgery and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers.
Summary
Keywords
pediatric, Surgery, anxiety at induction, smartphone interventions, Oral midazolam, modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale
Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2023) Retraction: Smartphone interventions effect in pediatric subjects on the day of surgery: a meta-analysis. Front. Surg. 10:1220321. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1220321
Received
10 May 2023
Accepted
10 May 2023
Published
06 June 2023
Approved by
Dennis Paul Orgill, Harvard Medical School, United States
Volume
10 - 2023
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