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. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

Cornu 2012.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
  • Searched electronic database

    • PubMed and MEDLINE until October 2013

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by first and last author

    • Matching criteria not reported

  • Searched publication lists of presenters and last authors with keywords

Data
  • Included 226 abstracts presented at the 2007 Congrès de l’Association Français d’Urologie

  • Included all abstracts presented orally except 18 presentations (videos, invited speakers, sponsors)

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • Median time to publication

  • Presenter an urologist in education versus urologist

Outcomes
  • 96 of 226 abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Median time to publication = 24 months

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 41/77 abstracts from urologists in education versus 55/149 abstracts from other urologists published

Notes
  • Urology

  • Funding not reported

  • Thesis (memoire)

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts presented orally with reasonable exceptions.
Search for publications? Yes Searched 1 database and publication lists of authors.
Follow‐up time? Yes The meeting had 72 months follow‐up.
Matching? Unclear Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of author status with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 test.