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Table 1 Study type of the presented abstract at the BURNS annual meeting 2000 and 2008

From: Quality of reporting according to the CONSORT, STROBE and Timmer instrument at the American Burn Association (ABA) annual meetings 2000 and 2008

 

2000

2008

 

oral

%

poster

%

p

oral

%

poster

%

p

RCT

9

7

4

3

0.268

7

5

2

2

0.325

non RCT

87

63

74

61

0.755

101

66

68

68

0.927

   Observational

77

56

47

39

0.006*

98

64

64

64

0.939

   Other (Video, Case report, Systematical Review, Describing op/new technik)

10

7

27

22

< 0.001*

3

2

4

4

-

Experimental

42

30

39

32

0.478

44

29

30

30

0.727

Drop Out

0

0

4

3

0.046*

-

-

-

-

-

Total

138

 

121

  

152

 

100

  
  1. RCT: Randomized-controlled trial, Non-RCT: non-randomized controlled trial
  2. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  3. Drop out: These abstracts were marked in the burns annual meeting abstract-book as "drop out" and were deleted.