Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Urologia, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2009;64(4):345-9. doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322009000400013.
To determine the publication rate of orally-presented abstracts from the 2003 Urological Brazilian Meeting, as well as the factors determining this publication rate.
The publication rate of the 313 orally-presented abstracts at the 2003 Urological Brazilian Meeting was evaluated by scanning the Lilacs, Scielo and Medline databases. The time between presentation and publication, the state and country of the abstract, the research methodology (cross-sectional, case-control, retrospective case series, prospective case series or clinical trial), whether drugs were utilized and the topic of the study were all characterized.
Thirty-nine percent of the abstracts were published after a median time of 14 months (range: 1 to 51 months). There were high publication rates for cross-sectional abstracts (75%), drug utilization studies (51.3%), clinical trials (50%) and prospective case series' (48.1%). However, there was only a moderate statistical trend towards a higher publication rate in the prospective case series (p=0.07), while the retrospective case series' showed statistically lower publication rates than the other groups (33.7%, p=0.04). Abstracts on laparoscopic surgery had the highest publication rate (61.9%, p=0.03) compared to others topics. In 57% of the unpublished abstracts, there was no interest in or attempt to publish, and rejection was responsible for the lack of publication of only 4% of the abstracts.
The publication rate of the orally-presented abstracts from the 2003 Urological Brazilian Meeting was comparable to that of international congresses. The subsequent publication of presented abstracts and the selection of prospective studies with stronger evidence should be encouraged and may improve the scientific quality of the meeting.
确定 2003 年巴西泌尿外科学会口头报告摘要的发表率，以及影响发表率的因素。
通过扫描 Lilacs、Scielo 和 Medline 数据库，评估 2003 年巴西泌尿外科学会上 313 篇口头报告摘要的发表率。描述的特征包括：报告与发表之间的时间、摘要所在的州和国家、研究方法（横断面、病例对照、回顾性病例系列、前瞻性病例系列或临床试验）、是否使用药物以及研究主题。
39%的摘要在中位数为 14 个月（范围：1 至 51 个月）后发表。横断面摘要（75%）、药物使用研究（51.3%）、临床试验（50%）和前瞻性病例系列（48.1%）的发表率较高。然而，前瞻性病例系列的发表率有较高的统计趋势（p=0.07），而回顾性病例系列的发表率明显低于其他组（33.7%，p=0.04）。腹腔镜手术相关的摘要发表率最高（61.9%，p=0.03），高于其他主题。在未发表的摘要中，有 57%的研究没有发表的兴趣或尝试，只有 4%的摘要是因为被拒绝而未能发表。
2003 年巴西泌尿外科学会口头报告摘要的发表率与国际会议相当。应鼓励发表已报告的摘要，并选择具有更强证据的前瞻性研究，这可能会提高会议的科学质量。
