Conference presentation in palliative medicine: Predictors of subsequent publication

Hanchanale, Sarika; Kerr, Maria; Ashwood, Paul; Curran, Emily; Ekstrom, Magnus; Allen, Sharon; Currow, David; Johnson, Miriam J.

Abstract

© 2018 Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article). All rights reserved. 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

Citation

Hanchanale, S., Kerr, M., Ashwood, P., Curran, E., Ekstrom, M., Allen, S., Currow, D., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Conference presentation in palliative medicine: Predictors of subsequent publication. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 8(1), 73-77. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001425

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 25, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Nov 10, 2017
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Deposit Date: May 3, 2022
• Journal: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
• Print ISSN: 2045-435X
• Electronic ISSN: 2045-4368
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 73-77
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001425
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3572497