Abstract
Objective
To determine the proportion of abstracts submitted to the 2010 Pediatric Academic
Societies (PAS) meeting that were exclusively qualitative, and to examine whether
these abstracts were more or less likely than all others to be designated as platform,
poster, or publish only.
Methods
The database of abstracts submitted to the 2010 PAS meeting was searched using qualitative
terms. Authors reviewed abstracts to identify exclusively qualitative abstracts. The
proportions and mean score ± standard deviation for qualitative abstracts and those
designated platform, poster, or publish only were calculated. Student's t test was used to analyze mean differences; pairwise comparisons and odds ratios (ORs)
were used to examine differences in the disposition of qualitative versus all other
abstracts. The main outcome was the proportion of abstracts designated as platform,
poster, or publish only.
Results
Of 4057 abstracts, 1.6% used only qualitative methods. Scores for qualitative and
all other abstracts were 4.26 ± 0.60 and 3.88 ± 0.92, respectively (P < .001). The disposition of qualitative abstracts among platform, poster, and publish
only differed from all other abstracts (P = .04). Compared with all others, qualitative abstracts had lower odds of platform
presentation (OR 0.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.15–0.91), demonstrated a nonsignificant
trend toward publish only (OR 1.6; 95% CI 0.95–2.7), and were equally likely to be
posters (OR 1.1; 95% CI 0.65–1.8).
Conclusions
Compared with all other abstracts, qualitative abstracts were about 3 times less likely
to be chosen for platform presentations; in addition, they demonstrated a trend toward
greater odds of publish only. These findings may be the result of inferior quality
or an inadequate review process.
Keywords
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
January 14,
2013
Received:
July 31,
2012
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