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
Mean time to publication, overall and by meeting
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published
Research type versus case type
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Outcomes |
54 of 214 abstracts published
13/51 abstracts presented at the 2005 meeting, 19/64 at the 2006 meeting, 12/59 at the 2007 meeting, and 10/40 at the 2008 meeting published
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Proportion of abstracts published by time
Mean time to publication = 30.7 months (SD = 18.9; range = 4 to 74 months), overall
Mean time to publication = 35.3 months (SD = 22.6) for 2005 National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting
Mean time to publication = 24.4 months (SD = 16.1) for 2006 National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting
Mean time to publication = 33.8 months (SD = 18.9) for 2007 National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting
Mean time to publication = 33.0 months (SD = 18.2) for 2008 National Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 60 months showed proportion published = 23.8% (51/214 abstracts)
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
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Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Item |
Authors' judgement |
Description |
Sampling method? |
Yes |
Included all abstracts accepted for poster presentation. |
Search for publications? |
Yes |
Searched 2 databases. |
Follow‐up time? |
Yes |
All meetings had at least 5 years follow‐up. |
Matching? |
Yes |
Matched by 3 different criteria. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of meeting year and study design with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 or Mann‐Whitney U tests. |