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Table 4 Quality of reporting of conference abstracts and full paper publication abstract according to the STROBE criteria for observational trials

From: Assessment of reporting quality of conference abstracts in sports injury prevention according to CONSORT and STROBE criteria and their subsequent publication rate as full papers

 

Conference abstract N = 135

Full paper publication abstract N = 63

 

%

N

%

N

Title and abstract

10

14

11

7

Background/rationale

53

72

46

29

Objectives

82

111

95

60

Study design

25

34

46

29

Setting

44

59

49

31

Participants

84

113

87

55

Variables

21

28

35

22

Data sources/measurement

78

105

81

51

Bias

0

0

0

0

Study size

0

0

0

0

Quantitative variables

0

0

0

0

Statistical methods

9

12

8

5

Participants

1

1

6

4

Descriptive data

0

0

0

0

Outcome data

96

129

98

62

Main result

95

128

97

61

Other analysis

0

0

0

0

Key result

96

130

98

62

Limitation

0

0

0

0

Interpretation

96

129

98

62

Generalizability

0

0

0

0

Funding

0

0

0

0