Amaç: Bu çalışma, 2017 yılında düzenlenen 26. Ulusal Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Kongresi’nde sunulan bildirilerin makale olarak yayımlanma oranlarını, yayımlanma sürelerini ve bildiriler ile tam metin makaleler arasındaki uyum düzeyini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya kongrenin Konuşma Özetleri ve Bildiri Kitabı’ndaki tüm sözlü ve poster bildiriler dâhil edilmiştir. Bildirilerin makale olarak yayımlanıp yayımlanmadığını tespit etmek amacıyla PubMed taraması yapılmıştır. Makalelerin yayımlanma tarihleri ve kongre sunumundan makale yayımlanmasına kadar geçen süre belirlenmiştir. Bildirilerin ve yayımlanan makalelerin temel özellikleri analiz edilmiş ve bildiriler ile yayımlanan makaleler karşılaştırılarak aralarındaki tutarlılık değerlendirilmiştir. Bildiriler ile yayımlanan makaleler arasındaki uyumsuzluklar, majör ve minör uyumsuzluklar olmak üzere 2 ana başlık altında sınıflandırılmıştır. Bulgular: 513 bildirinin 99’u (%19,3) makale olarak yayımlanmıştır. Sözlü sunumların yayımlanma oranı (%45), poster sunumlarına (%12,2) kıyasla daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0,001). En az bir minör uyumsuzluk içeren makalelerin oranı, sözlü sunumlar için %52,0, poster sunumlar için %77,6 olup, bu fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır (p<0,01). Bildiriyle tam uyumlu makalelerin kongreden sonra ortalama yayımlanma süresi (15,4±20,9 ay), kısmi uyumlu makalelere göre (31,2±18,5 ay) anlamlı olarak daha kısa bulunmuştur (p<0,001). Sonuç: Kongre bildirilerinin tam metin makale olarak yayımlanması önemli bir hedeftir. Bu süreci etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi, yayımlanma oranlarını artırmak için gereklidir.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the publication rates, time to publication, and consistency between the abstracts presented at the 26th National Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Congress in 2017 and their subsequent full-text articles. Material and Methods: All oral and poster presentations in the Congress Abstracts and Proceedings Book were included in the study. A PubMed search was conducted to determine whether the abstracts were published as full-text articles. The publication dates of the articles and the time elapsed from the congress presentation to the article publication was determined. The key characteristics of the abstracts and the published articles were analyzed, and the abstracts and published articles were compared to evaluate their consistency. Discrepancies between the abstracts and the published articles were classified into 2 primary categories: major and minor discrepancies. Results: Of the 513 abstracts, 99 (19.3%) were published as articles. Oral presentations had a higher publication rate (45%) than poster presentations (12.2%) (p<0.001). The rate of articles with at least one minor discrepancy was 52.0% for oral presentations and 77.6% for poster presentations, with this difference being statistically significant (p<0.01). The average publication time for articles fully consistent with their abstracts (15.4±20.9 months) was found to be significantly shorter than for partially consistent articles (31.2±18.5 months) (p<0.001). Conclusion: The publication of congress abstracts as full-text articles is a crucial goal. Identifying the factors that affect this process is necessary to increase publication rates.

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