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

Dressler 2015.

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

    • PubMed, Google/Google Scholar, and university institution websites to July 2012

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by all authors, keywords, and title

    • Matching criteria not reported

Data
  • Included 402 abstracts presented at the 2005 to 2011 Canadian Association of Radiologists meetings

  • Included all abstracts

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting

  • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published

  • 'Radiologists‐in‐training' exhibits versus scientific exhibits versus educational exhibits versus proffered exhibit versus audit exhibits

  • Canadian university

Outcomes
  • 112 of 402 abstracts published

  • 15/47 abstracts presented at the 2005 meeting, 12/57 at the 2006 meeting, 17/49 at the 2007 meeting, 19/55 at the 2008 meeting, 19/59 at the 2009 meeting, 20/64 at the 2010 meeting, and 10/71 at the 2011 meeting published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 60 months showed proportion published = 27.9% (112/402 abstracts)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 39/196 abstracts presented in the radiologists‐in‐training exhibits versus 34/100 abstracts presented in the scientific exhibits versus 34/170 abstracts presented in the educational exhibits versus 5/15 abstracts presented in the proffered exhibits versus 0/11 abstracts presented in audit exhibits published

Notes
  • Radiology

  • Funding not reported

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts.
Search for publications? Yes Searched 2 databases and university institution web sites.
Follow‐up time? Yes All meetings except the 2009 to 2011 meetings had at least 48 months follow‐up.
Matching? Unclear Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of meeting year by author status, and Canadian university origin with publication using stratified analysis.