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

Scholey 2005.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications

  • Searched electronic database

    • MEDLINE from 1 year before the meeting to 5 years after the meeting

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by all authors and title

    • Matching criteria not reported
Data

  • Included 546 abstracts presented at the 1993 European Organisation for Caries Research, European Orthodontic Society, and International Association for Dental Research meetings

  • Included all abstracts from the European Organisation for Caries Research and European Orthodontic Society meetings and a 10% random sample from the International Association for Dental Research meeting
Comparisons

  • Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting

  • Median time to publication overall and by meeting

  • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published

  • Oral versus poster presentation
Outcomes

  • 252 of 546 abstracts published

  • 116/256 abstracts presented at the International Association for Dental Research meeting, 78/175 at the European Orthodontic Society meeting, and 58/115 at the European Organisation for Caries Research meeting published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Median time to publication = 18.0 months (IQR = 9 to 30 months)

    • Median time to publication = 13.0 months (IQR = 5.3 to 24.5 months) for European Organisation for Caries Research meeting

    • Median time to publication = 23.5 months (IQR = 12.3 to 36.0 months) for European Orthodontic Society meeting

    • Median time to publication = 17.0 months (IQR = 8.8 to 29.3 months) for International Association for Dental Research meeting

    • Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 54 months showed proportion published = 46.2% (252/546 abstracts)

  • Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included

    • 99/173 abstracts presented orally versus 153/373 abstracts presented as posters published
Notes

  • Oral health ‐ dentistry

  • Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included either all abstracts or a random selection of abstracts.
Search for publications? No Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time? Yes All meetings had 5 years follow‐up.
Matching? Unclear Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of meeting year and type presentation with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 tests.