Skip to main content
. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

Kalkan 2015.

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

    • Embase, SCOPUS, Google/Google Scholar, Clinical Key/Elsevier, MD Consult, ULAKBIM, EBSCO Discovery Service, Science Direct, and Medscape; dates of search not reported

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by all authors, keywords, and title

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • All authors

      • Title

      • Summary

Data
  • Included 1721 abstracts presented at the 2011 to 2012 European Society for Emergency Medicine meetings

  • Included all abstracts

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting

  • Oral versus poster presentation

  • North American versus European versus Asian origin Australian versus Middle Eastern versus rest of the world origin

Outcomes
  • 437 of 1721 abstracts published

  • 172/626 abstracts presented at the 2001 meeting, and 265/1095 at the 2012 meeting published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 160/461 abstracts presented orally versus 277/1260 abstracts presented as posters published

    • 56/161 abstracts originating from North America versus 87/496 abstracts originating from Europe versus 14/28 abstracts originating from Asia versus 8/8 abstracts originating from Australia versus 215/745 abstracts originating from the Middle East versus 57/283 abstracts with rest of the world origin published

Notes
  • Emergency medicine

  • Funding not reported

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts.
Search for publications? Yes Searched 9 databases.
Follow‐up time? Unclear Dates of search not reported.
Matching? Yes Matched by 3 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of meeting year by type presentation and country of origin by type presentation, prospective status, abstract quality, and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 or t tests