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

Odunsi 2015.

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

    • PubMed; date of search not reported

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by first and last author, and title

    • Matching criteria not reported

Data
  • Included 627 abstracts presented at the 2007 to 2009 Association of British Neurologists meetings

  • Included all abstracts

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published

  • Mean time to publication

  • Oral versus poster presentation

  • Case report versus other design

  • Multi‐centered versus single center

Outcomes
  • 244 of 627 abstracts published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Mean time to publication = 18.6 months (SD = 14.6)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 135/299 abstracts presented orally versus 109/328 abstracts presented as poster published

    • 32/106 abstracts describing case report design versus 212/489 abstracts describing other design published

    • 126/390 abstracts with multiple centers versus 122/239 abstracts with single center published

Notes
  • Neurology

  • Reporting having received no funding

  • Data extracted from letter

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts.
Search for publications? No Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time? Unclear Date of search not reported.
Matching? Unclear Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of type of presentation, study design, and multi‐center status with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 tests.