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
Median time to publication
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting
North American versus European versus Asian origin
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Outcomes |
62 of 137 abstracts published
34/73 abstracts presented at the 2008 meeting, and 28/64 at the 2009 meeting published
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Proportion of abstracts published by time
Median time to publication = 14.5 months (range = ‐47 to 30 months)
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 24 months showed proportion published = 38.7% (53/137 abstracts), overall
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 24 months showed proportion published = 41.1% (30/73 abstracts) for the 2008 meeting
Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 24 months showed proportion published = 35.9% (23/64 abstracts) for the 2009 meeting
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Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included
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Notes |
Radiology
Funding not reported
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Risk of bias |
Item |
Authors' judgement |
Description |
Sampling method? |
Yes |
Included all abstracts. |
Search for publications? |
No |
Searched only 1 database. |
Follow‐up time? |
No |
All meetings had less than 48 months follow‐up. |
Matching? |
Unclear |
Matching criteria not reported. |
Adjustment for confounding? |
No |
Examined association of meeting year and country of origin with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 test. |