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Nigrovic SE, Fine HG, Nigrovic LE, Fine AM. Impact of COVID-19 and the cancellation of the 2020 PAS Meeting on abstract publications. Pediatr Res 2024; 95:1668-1669. [PMID: 38291177 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Affiliation(s)
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Shari C, Prynn T, Abbas SM, Davis T, Lee J, Melhem G, Manji HK, Murray BL, Omore R, Patel S, Sirna SJ, Westbrook AL, Ugwu CV, Versi SA, Manji KP, Rees CA. A cross-sectional analysis of publication of pediatric global health abstracts from seven major international conferences. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 3:e0002523. [PMID: 37878568 PMCID: PMC10599509 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
Research presented at conferences may increase context-specific evidence in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where global childhood disease burden is greatest and where massive relative deficits in research persist. Publication of studies presented at conferences is necessary for complete results dissemination. Our objective was to determine the frequency of publication of pediatric global health conference abstracts and to identify factors associated with publication. We conducted a cross-sectional study of abstracts that reported pediatric research conducted in at least one LMIC presented at seven major scientific conferences in 2017, 2018, and 2019. We used PubMed, EMBASE and Google Scholar to search for publications of the results presented as abstracts. We created a Kaplan-Meier curve to determine the cumulative incidence of publications and used predetermined abstract-level factors to create a multivariable Cox proportional hazard model to identify factors associated with time to publication. There were 8,105 abstracts reviewed and 1,433 (17.7%) reported pediatric research conducted in one or more LMICs. The probability of publication of pediatric global health abstracts was 33.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.2-36.1%) at 24 months and 46.6% (95% CI 44.0-49.3%) at 48 months. Abstracts that reported research conducted in East Asia and Pacific (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 3.06, 95% CI 1.74-5.24), South Asia (aHR 2.25, 95% CI 1.30-3.91%), and upper-middle-income countries (1.50, 95% CI 1.12-2.02) were published sooner than those that reported research in LMICs in Europe and Central Asia and lower-middle-income countries, respectively. Fewer than half of pediatric global health abstracts were published in peer-reviewed journals up to four years after presentation at international conferences. Efforts are urgently needed to promote the widespread and long-lasting dissemination of pediatric research conducted in LMICs presented as abstracts to provide a more robust evidence base for both clinical care and policy related to child health.
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- Catherine Shari
- Emergency Medicine Department, Muhimbili National Hospital-Mloganzila, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
- Accident and Emergency Department, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research, (KEMRI-CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Pediatric Biostatistics Core, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Intensive Care Unit, The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es-salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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