title: [Low publication of the papers presented at the Congresses of Gastroenterology Society of Peru 1998-2008].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the proportion of abstracts presented at the Congreso Peruano de Gastroenterología (the major Peruvian gastroenterological scientific meeting), that had been published in scientific journals, the date of publication and its associated factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal retrospective and analytic study; the publicationrate of all the abstracts presented in the biennial Congreso Peruano de Gastroenterología between 1998 and 2008 was assessed. Google Scholar engine was used. The searching strategy performed included: ("Study location" AND "population studied" AND "main outcome") AND (autor:First OR autor:Second OR autor:Last). Logistic regression was used, considering p<0.05 statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Publication rate was 8.2% (34/217), statistically significant differences were found among meeting years (p<0.001). There were also differences between study design, objectives (more in analytic studies) and measurement (more in longitudinal studies (p<0.001). 82.4% were published in the Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú. The median time for publication was 10.8±10.4 months; this variable and the meeting year, study type, journal of publication or accordance between the abstract and publication characteristic showed no statistical differences. The mean authors' number was 5.02±2.4; analytic studies have less authors than the descriptive ones (3.6 vs 6.1; p=0.012).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Congreso Peruano de Gastroenterología presents a low publication rate of the abstracts presented, which can be used as a quality indicator of the abstracts and the reviewing process.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Reneé
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pereyra-Elías
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ng-Sueng
authors.forename: Luis Miguel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Toro-Polo
authors.forename: Ayar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nizama-Vía
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piscoya
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayta-Tristán
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001319:Authorship; D015706:Bibliometrics; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005762:Gastroenterology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010568:Peru; D011643:Publishing; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013997:Time Factors