Methods |
Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
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Data |
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Comparisons |
Proportion of abstracts published
Mean time to publication
Oral versus poster presentation
Multi‐center versus single center
University affiliation
Country of first author
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Outcomes |
244 of 1938 abstracts published
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Proportion of abstracts published by time
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
103/641 abstracts presented orally versus 141/1297 abstracts presented as poster published
authors reported number of abstracts published by factor, but not the total number of abstracts within each factor
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Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Item |
Authors' judgement |
Description |
Sampling method? |
Unclear |
Included all abstracts. |
Search for publications? |
Unclear |
Searched only 1 database. |
Follow‐up time? |
Unclear |
The meeting had 48 months follow‐up. |
Matching? |
Yes |
Matched by 2 criteria. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of type presentation, multi‐center status, university affiliation, country of origin, and subspecialty with publication simple stratified analysis. Also examined association of study design by type of presentation, and multi‐center status by type of presentation with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 tests. |