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

Kwong 2007.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications

  • Searched electronic database

    • Embase, PubMed; dates of search not reported

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by first, second, and last author, and keywords

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • Methodology

      • Results
Data

  • Included 278 abstracts presented at the 1999 and 2001 European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology meetings

  • Included all abstracts presented orally
Comparisons

  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • Mean time to publication

  • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published

  • Clinical research versus basic science research versus other

  • RCT design versus observational design versus case series design versus comparative study design versus systematic reviews

  • Grecian versus United Kingdom versus German versus Belgium versus rest of the world origin

  • Subspecialty
Outcomes

  • 112 of 278 abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Mean time to publication = 25.3 months (SD =18.5)

    • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 84 months showed proportion published = 40.3% (112/278 abstracts)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 92/239 abstracts describing clinical research versus 13/24 abstracts describing basic science research versus 7/15 abstracts with other study design published

    • 20/25 abstracts with RCT design versus 3/5 abstracts with observational design versus 58/175 case series versus 11/34 abstracts with comparative study design versus 2/3 systematic reviews published

    • 11/52 abstracts originating from Greece versus 24/51 abstracts from the UK versus 13/22 abstracts from Germany versus 10/19 abstracts from Belgium versus 54/134 abstracts from elsewhere published
Notes

  • Emergency medicine ‐ trauma

  • Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts presented orally.
Search for publications? Yes Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time? Unclear Date of search not reported.
Matching? Yes Matched by 2 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of type science, study design, country of origin, and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis.