Conference presentation in palliative medicine : Predictors of subsequent publication
Hanchanale, Sarika ; Kerr, Maria ; Ashwood, Paul ; Curran, Emily ; Ekstrom, Magnus LU
; Allen, Sharon
; Currow, David
and Johnson, Miriam J.
(2018)
In BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
8(1).
p.73-77
- Abstract
Objectives Concerns have been raised about poor-quality palliative care research and low publication rate from conference abstracts. The study objectives: to estimate the publication rate for European Association for Palliative Care research conference abstracts (2008) and explore associated characteristics and to understand reasons for non-publication. Methods Full published papers were searched to March 2015 (Medline; Pubmed; Google Scholar) and data extracted: country of origin, study design/population/topic. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify predictors of publication. Members of two different palliative care associations were surveyed to understand reasons for non-publication. Ï ‡ 2 statistic was used to explore... (More)
Objectives Concerns have been raised about poor-quality palliative care research and low publication rate from conference abstracts. The study objectives: to estimate the publication rate for European Association for Palliative Care research conference abstracts (2008) and explore associated characteristics and to understand reasons for non-publication. Methods Full published papers were searched to March 2015 (Medline; Pubmed; Google Scholar) and data extracted: country of origin, study design/population/topic. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify predictors of publication. Members of two different palliative care associations were surveyed to understand reasons for non-publication. Ï ‡ 2 statistic was used to explore associations with publication. Results Overall publication rate of the 445 proffered abstracts was 57%. In the final model, publication was more likely for oral presentations (OR 2.13; 95% CI 1.28 to 3.55; P=0.003), those from Europe (3.24; 1.09 to 9.56; P=0.033) and much less likely for non-cancer topics (0.21; 0.07 to 0.64; P=0.006). Funding status, academic unit or study design were not associated with publication. Survey 407/1546 (26.3%) physicians responded of whom 254 (62%) had submitted a conference abstract. Full publication was associated with: oral presentation (P<0.001), international conference abstracts (P=0.01) and academic clinicians versus clinicians (P<0.001). Reasons for non-publication included: low priority for workload (53%) and time constraints (43%). Conclusions The publication rate was similar to 2005 clinical conference. Probable quality markers were associated with publication: oral presentations selected by conference committee, international conference abstracts and abstracts from those with an academic appointment. Publication was given a low priority among clinical time pressures.
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- Hanchanale, Sarika
; Kerr, Maria
; Ashwood, Paul
; Curran, Emily
; Ekstrom, Magnus
LU
; Allen, Sharon
; Currow, David
and Johnson, Miriam J.
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- publishing date
- 2018-03-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- keywords
- palliative, publication, research, survey
- in
- BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
- volume
- 8
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
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- scopus:85048397065
- pmid:29127139
- ISSN
- 2045-435X
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001425
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 3a9b20ce-78de-4340-b1b1-9c7d803b3163
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- 2018-06-27 13:28:53
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