Olive 2004.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE from '1995 to 2001' Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 249 abstracts presented at the 1996 Spanish Society for Rheumatology meeting Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Mean time to publication
Outcomes	52 of 249 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 18.5 months No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Rheumatology Funding not reported 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?	Yes	The meeting had 5 years follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.