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

Ejnisman 2013.

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

    • PubMed and LILACS; dates of search not reported

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by first, second, and last author

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • All authors

      • Title

      • Summary

Data
  • Included 653 abstracts accepted to the 2007 Congresso Brasileiro de Ortopedia meeting

  • Included all abstracts

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published

  • Oral versus poster presentation

  • Brazilian versus rest of the world origin

  • Subspecialty

Outcomes
  • 174 of 653 abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 60 months showed proportion published = 26.0% (170/653 abstracts)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 118/286 abstracts presented orally versus 56/367 abstracts presented as poster published

    • 173/641 abstracts originating from Brazil versus 1/12 abstracts with rest of the world origin published

Notes
  • Orthopedics/orthopedic surgery

  • Funding not reported

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts
Search for publications? Yes Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time? Unclear Date of search not reported.
Matching? Yes Matched by 3 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of type presentation and Brazilian state origin with publication using stratified analysis.