Stepan Jeffrey G, Chen Frank R, Prabhakar Pooja, Lehman Jason D, Sacks Hayley A, Fufa Duretti T, Osei Daniel A
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Jun 23:988.e1-988.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.04.017.
The primary aims of this study were to determine how level of evidence and publication rates of American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) abstracts presented at the national meeting have changed over the past 23 years.
Abstracts presented at the ASSH annual meeting from 1992 to 2014 were reviewed. Level of evidence (LoE) and publication status for each abstract were recorded. We calculated annual and overall LoE, publication rates, average time to publication, and top journals of publication for abstracts presented from 1992 to 2014. The LoE was categorized into level 1 or 2 studies, levels 3 to 5 studies, or nonclinical study.
A total of 1,757 abstracts were presented at ASSH meetings from 1992 to 2014; 942 abstracts were published in peer-reviewed journals for an overall publication rate of 53.6%. There was a significant increase in the proportion of levels 1 to 2 LoE abstracts over time (18% in 2007-2014 vs 11% in 1999-2006 and 2% in 1992-1998). There was also a significantly higher percentage of abstracts published over time (62% in 2007-2014 vs 52% in 1999-2006 and 47% in 1992-1998). Levels 1 to 2 LoE studies were associated with higher publication rates than nonclinical or levels 3 to 5 LoE studies.
This research provides historical trends on the LoE of abstracts presented at the ASSH annual meetings. Our study shows there are increasing numbers of levels 1 to 2 studies as well as higher publication rates of abstracts presented at more recent ASSH annual meetings. Levels 1 to 2 studies are more likely to be published than nonclinical or levels 3 to 5 studies.
Although not all questions can be feasibly answered with level 1 or level 2 studies, authors should continue to search for ways to strengthen study designs, producing more valid and comparable results with increased likelihood of publication driving forward the quality of hand surgery research. Higher recent publication rates may be partially due to the increased number of available journals for publication.
本研究的主要目的是确定在过去23年里，在美国手外科协会（ASSH）年会上发表的摘要的证据水平和发表率是如何变化的。
回顾了1992年至2014年在ASSH年会上发表的摘要。记录了每篇摘要的证据水平（LoE）和发表状态。我们计算了1992年至2014年发表的摘要的年度和总体LoE、发表率、平均发表时间以及发表的顶级期刊。LoE分为1级或2级研究、3至5级研究或非临床研究。
1992年至2014年，ASSH会议共发表了1757篇摘要；942篇摘要发表在同行评审期刊上，总体发表率为53.6%。随着时间的推移，1至2级LoE摘要的比例显著增加（2007 - 2014年为18%，1999 - 2006年为11%，1992 - 1998年为2%）。随着时间的推移，发表的摘要百分比也显著更高（2007 - 2014年为62%，1999 - 2006年为52%，1992 - 1998年为47%）。1至2级LoE研究的发表率高于非临床或3至5级LoE研究。
本研究提供了ASSH年会上发表摘要的LoE的历史趋势数据。我们的研究表明，1至2级研究的数量在增加，并且在最近的ASSH年会上发表的摘要的发表率也更高。1至2级研究比非临床或3至5级研究更有可能发表。
虽然并非所有问题都能用1级或2级研究切实回答，但作者应继续寻找加强研究设计的方法，得出更有效和可比的结果，提高发表可能性，推动手外科研究质量提升。近期较高的发表率可能部分归因于可供发表的期刊数量增加。
