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Table 4 Quality of reporting of abstracts at BURNS annual meeting 2000 and 2008 according to the STROBE criteria for observational studies

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

STROBE

2000

 

2008

 
 

oral

poster

 

oral

poster

 
 

N

%

n

%

p-value

n

%

n

%

p-value

Total

77

100

47

100

 

98

100

64

100

 

Title and abstract

0

0

0

0

-

2

2

1

2

1

Background/rationale

72

94

46

98

0.407

88

90

64

100

0.012

Objectives

50

65

36

77

0.172

73

74

25

39

< 0.001*

Study design

15

19

12

26

0.428

21

21

16

25

0.621

Setting

27

35

23

49

0.127

46

47

37

58

0.197

Participants

44

57

27

57

0.974

42

43

21

33

0.182

Variables

51

66

29

62

0.609

47

48

37

58

0.245

Data sources/measurement

25

32

18

38

0.508

31

32

11

17

0.037*

Bias

0

0

1

2

0.379

0

0

0

0

-

Study size

0

0

0

0

-

12

12

0

0

0.004*

Quantitative variables

9

12

3

6

0.533

12

12

1

2

0.016*

Statistical methods

15

19

7

15

0,512

27

28

10

16

0.072

Participants

30

39

24

51

0.187

56

57

41

64

0.422

Descriptive data

9

12

15

32

0.006*

31

32

23

36

0.601

Outcome data

61

79

43

91

0.083

81

83

58

91

0.198

Main result

66

86

44

94

0.246

81

83

60

94

0.085

Other analysis

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

0

-

Key result

63

82

43

91

0.19

83

85

61

95

0.066

Limitation

0

0

1

2

0.379

0

0

0

0

-

Interpretation

72

94

45

96

0.708

85

87

64

100

0.004*

Generalizability

0

0

0

0

-

0

0

0

0

-

Funding

0

0

0

0

-

24

24

15

23

0.85

  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)