Quality of reporting of abstracts at the World Congress of Sports Injury Prevention meetings in 2005 in Oslo and 2008 in Tromsø according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology criteria for observational studies (2005, N=135; 2008, N=164)
| Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology criteria | Oslo 2005 (%) | N | Tromsø 2008 (%) | N | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 135 | 164 | |||
| Title and abstract | 10.4 | 14 | 12.3 | 20 | 0.611 |
| Background/rationale | 53.3 | 72 | 98.2 | 160 | <0.001 |
| Objectives | 82.2 | 111 | 95.1 | 155 | 0.012 |
| Study design | 25.2 | 34 | 65.0 | 106 | <0.001 |
| Setting | 43.7 | 59 | 65.6 | 107 | 0.002 |
| Participants | 83.7 | 113 | 66.3 | 108 | 0.003 |
| Variables | 20.7 | 28 | 74.2 | 121 | <0.001 |
| Data sources/measurement | 77.8 | 105 | 86.5 | 141 | 0.118 |
| Bias | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Study size | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Quantitative variables | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Statistical methods | 8.9 | 12 | 11.7 | 19 | 0.44 |
| Participants | 0.7 | 1 | 10.4 | 17 | 0.001 |
| Descriptive data | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Outcome data | 95.6 | 129 | 98.8 | 161 | 0.469 |
| Main result | 94.8 | 128 | 98.8 | 161 | 0.376 |
| Other analysis | 0.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.362 |
| Key result | 96.3 | 130 | 98.2 | 160 | 0.677 |
| Limitation | 0.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.362 |
| Interpretation | 95.6 | 129 | 98.2 | 160 | 0.562 |
| Generalisability | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| Funding | 0.0 | 0 | 5.5 | 9 | 0.006 |