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

Ravn 2014.

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

    • CINAHL, Embase, PubMed until May 2013

    • Search completed by the investigators

    • Searched by all authors, keywords, and title

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • Sample size

      • Methodology

      • Results

  • Contacted abstract authors directly

Data
  • Included 118 abstracts presented at the 2009 to 2011 Danish Society for Emergency Medicine meetings

  • Included all abstracts, but only 63 of 118 abstracts have a follow‐up of 24 months

Comparisons
  • Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting

  • Oral versus poster presentation

Outcomes
  • 17 of 63 abstracts with 24 months or more follow‐up published; 35 of 118 of all abstracts published

  • 6/19 abstracts presented at the 2009 meeting, 11/44 at the 2010 meeting, and 8/55 at the 2011 meeting published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 4/10 abstracts presented orally versus 21/108 abstracts presented as poster published, but abstracts with less than 24 months included

Notes
  • Emergency medicine

  • Funding not reported

Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts.
Search for publications? Yes Searched 3 databases and contacted abstract authors.
Follow‐up time? No Only the meeting in 2009 had 48 months follow‐up. All other meetings had less than 48 months follow‐up.
Matching? Yes Matched by 3 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of meeting year and type presentation with publication using Fisher's Exact test.