Evolution of abstracts presented at the annual scientific meetings of academic emergency medicine.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-1999
Abstract
There has been a general trend in medicine toward greater sophistication in research design. To assess this trend in emergency medicine, we compared the characteristics of abstracts presented at the 1974, 1983, 1989, and 1997 annual scientific meetings of Academic Emergency Medicine. All 870 abstracts were reviewed by 1 of 3 investigators who determined research design attributes using a standardized classification scheme that has good interrater reliability. Over the last 25 years, the following trends were noted: more surveys (0% v1% v3% v8%, P=.002), more randomized studies (0% v10% v12% v15%, P=.05), and more blinded studies (0% v7% v5% v11%, P=.01). Tests of statistical significance were reported with increasing frequency (8% v26% v59% v 69%, P < .001), as were power calculations (0% v0% v1% v3%, P=.02). During the study period, there were also increases in the median number of authors, proportion of foreign lead authors, and the proportion of studies involving human subjects. These results reflect considerable improvement in the degree of research design sophistication reported in selected abstracts of academic emergency medicine over the study period. Further strategies to assure continued enhancement of emergency medicine research should be explored.
Volume
17
Issue
6
First Page
540
Last Page
543
ISSN
0735-6757
Published In/Presented At
Singer, A. J., Homan, C. S., Brody, M., Thode, H. C., Jr, & Hollander, J. E. (1999). Evolution of abstracts presented at the annual scientific meetings of academic emergency medicine. The American journal of emergency medicine, 17(6), 540–543. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-6757(99)90192-4
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
10530530
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article