e254 | Retraction Notice

إشعار عن تراجع
املعارف املتعلقة بالسكري واملمارسات الوقائية بني املوظفني احلكوميني املصابني بالسكري يف الكويت

rEtraction noticE

Retraction Notice
Diabetes-Related Knowledge and Preventative Practices Among Government 

Employees with Diabetes in Kuwait

The Editors of Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (SQUMJ), in association with the authors, have retracted 
the above article by Abdulsalam et al. which appeared in the November 2017 issue of SQUMJ.1 The article was 
retracted because the Editors were informed by the first and corresponding author that the authors did not have 
the necessary ethical approval to conduct the study. 

In the article published in the November 2017 issue of SQUMJ, the ethical approval statement affirmed that 
“This study was approved by the Kuwait Ministry of Health and the Ethical Committee of the Kuwait Institute 
for Scientific Research”. However, in May 2018, the Editors were informed by the first and corresponding author 
that, upon retrospective investigation, the appropriate ethical approval procedures had not been undertaken and 
ethical permission had not been granted by the Kuwait Ministry of Health or the Kuwait Institute for Scientific 
Research. In accordance with the recommendations and guidelines of the International Committee of Medical 
Journal Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics, this constitutes grounds for retraction of the published 
article.2,3

For the reasons stated herein, the Editors of SQUMJ wish to notify readers that the above article is retracted.1 
The authors have agreed to the publication of this notice and apologise sincerely to both the Editors and readers 
of SQUMJ for any inconvenience caused. The authors take joint responsibility for this notice as well as for the 
publication of research lacking ethical approval.

References
1. Abdulsalam AJ, Al-Daihani AE, Francis K. Diabetes-related knowledge and preventative practices among government employees with 

diabetes in Kuwait. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2017; 17:e444–51. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.04.011.

2. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Scientific misconduct, expressions of concern, and retraction. From: www.icmje.org/
recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/scientific-misconduct-expressions-of-concern-and-retraction.html  Accessed: 
May 2018.

3. Committee on Publication Ethics. Guidelines for retracting articles. From: https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines_0.pdf  
Accessed: May 2018.

notice of retraction for: abdulsalam et al. diabetes-related knowledge and preventative 

practices among government employees with diabetes in kuwait. sultan qaboos univ med 

j 2017; 17:e444–51. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.04.011.

Sultan Qaboos University Med J, May 2018, Vol. 18, Iss. 2, p. e254, Epub. 9 Sep 18 doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.028

https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2017.17.04.011