Fate of Abstracts Presented at the National Turkish Dermatology Congress: Descriptive Study

Abstract

of presentations (OPs) (PPs) the included. and TR Index search were used to search for the full-text articles of the presentations. The type of presentation, the clinic from which it was sent, the number of authors, and the dermatological disease group, the type of the presentation published as an article, its consistency with the abstract, the journal index, the type of publication, the number of citations, the number of months until publication were evaluated. Results: The mean number of authors in the presentations was 3.64±1.88, the mean time until publication was 28.44±9.84 months. A total of 65 (19.2%) OPs and 274 (80.8%) PPs were presented. Universities were the clinics that presented the highest number of abstracts (p<0.05). A total of 57 (16.2%) abstracts were published as articles. Papulosquamous disorders were the most frequently presented disease group with 71 (20.9%) presentations. OPs were published mean 29.64±6.12 months alter and PPS were pub- lished mean 27.84±11.16 months later. The publication and citation rate of OPs were higher than that of PPs (p<0.05). OPs were more likely to be original studies and PPs were more likely to be case reports (p<0.05). Inconsistency was detected in 29 (50.8%) of the presentations that were published as articles. Inconsistency rate of PPs was found to be higher (p<0.05). Conclusion: The National Turkish Dermatology Congress is generally productive, similar quality when compared to national congresses and low quality when compared to international congresses.