| Ref ID | 603 |
| First Author | S. Hopewell |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(15)00151-1/fulltext |
| Keywords |
• Abstract / summary • General medical • Currency • Error |
| Problem(s) |
• Errors in systematic review abstracts or plain language summaries • Unpublished or "zombie" reviews (the file-drawer effect) |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United Kingdom |
| Checklists |
• PRISMA-A |
| Aim | To assess the publication and quality of reporting of abstracts of systematic reviews presented at scientific medical conferences |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | Only around half were published in full within 3 years of presentation at the conference. There were many deficiencies in reporting according to PRISMA for abstracts which limits the reliability of the assessed conference abstracts to accurately represent the corresponding systematic reviews. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 103 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 26840 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |