Citation

Shue S, Warden S. BMJ Open Sport Exerc. Med. 2018; 4(1): e000344.

Affiliation

Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Publisher BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000344

PMID

29629187

PMCID

PMC5884379

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Meetings promote information sharing, but do not enable full dissemination of details. A systematic search was conducted for abstracts presented at the 2010 and 2011 Association of Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conferences to determine the full-text dissemination rate of work presented in abstract form and investigate factors influencing this rate.

METHODS: Systematic searches were sequentially conducted to determine whether the abstract-presented work had been published in full-text format in the 5 years following presentation. If a potential full-text publication was identified, information from the conference abstract (eg, results, number of participants in the sample(s), measurement tools used and so on) was compared with the full text to ensure the two entities represented the same body of work. Abstract factors of interest were assessed using logistic regression.

RESULTS: Ninety-four out of 423 presented abstracts (22.2%) were published in full text. Odds of full-text publication increased if the abstract was from an international institution, presented in certain conference sections or presented as a lecture.

CONCLUSION: Those attending professional conferences should be cautious when translating data presented at conferences into their applied work because of the low rate of peer-reviewed and full-text publication of the information.

Language: en

Keywords

knowledge translation; research; review; sport and exercise psychology