Methods |
Identification of subsequent full‐length publications
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Data |
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Comparisons |
Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting
Oral versus poster presentation
Clinical research versus community/public health research versus food service/supply/industry domain versus workforce domain versus teaching domain
Observational design versus experimental design versus review versus qualitative design versus descriptive design versus audit versus other design
> 1 author with academic affiliation versus no author with an academic affiliation
Australian versus rest of the world origin
Practice domain
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Outcomes |
165 of 648 abstracts published
43/151 abstracts presented at the 2006 meeting, 41/167 at the 2007 meeting, 50/160 at the 2008 meeting, and 31/170 at the 2009 meeting published
Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
94/275 abstracts presented orally versus 71/373 abstracts presented as poster published
75/264 abstracts describing clinical research versus 60/228 abstracts describing the community/public health domain versus 16/59 abstracts describing the food service/supply/industry domain versus 11/66 abstracts describing the workforce domain versus 3/31 abstracts describing the teaching domain published
96/262 abstracts with observational design versus 30/122 abstracts with experimental design versus 5/26 abstracts describing a review versus 15/60 abstracts describing a qualitative design versus 3/27 abstracts describing an audit versus 16/151 abstracts describing another design published
80/164 abstracts with at least one author with an academic affiliation versus 84/164 abstracts with no authors with an academic affiliation published
155/619 abstracts originating from Australia versus 10/29 abstracts originating from rest of the world published
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Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Item |
Authors' judgement |
Description |
Sampling method? |
Yes |
Included all abstracts with reasonable exceptions. |
Search for publications? |
Yes |
Searched 5 databases and contacted abstract authors. |
Follow‐up time? |
Unclear |
Date of search not reported. |
Matching? |
No |
Matched by only one criterion. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of meeting year, type presentation, type science, study design, academic affiliation, author status, Australian origin, Australian state origin, and practice domain with publication using logistic regression analysis. |