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Table 1 Summary of research abstracts presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) and International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) from 2006 to 2018

From: The mysterious case of the disappearing pilot study: a review of publication bias in preliminary behavioral interventions presented at health behavior conferences

 

SBM

ISBNPA

Yeara

Total abstracts (n)

Pilot studies (n)

Published pilot studies (n)

% pilot studiesb

% pilot studies publishedc

Total abstracts (n)

Pilot studies (n)

Published pilot studies (n)

% pilot studiesb

% pilot studies publishedc

2006

747

13

7

2%

54%

-

-

-

-

-

2007

861

25

11

3%

44%

-

-

-

-

-

2008

904

26

9

3%

35%

-

-

-

-

-

2009

935

31

15

3%

48%

607

12

5

2%

42%

2010

858

21

10

2%

48%

492

15

14

3%

93%

2011

1023

31

15

3%

48%

-

-

-

-

-

2012

1118

38

18

3%

47%

239d

14

7

-

50%

2013

1289

36

16

3%

44%

856

35

22

4%

63%

2014

1118

59

34

5%

58%

870

45

21

5%

47%

2015

1011

56

23

6%

41%

1290

54

31

4%

57%

2016

1317

71

41

5%

58%

658d

28

16

-

57%

2017

1734

77

25

4%

32%

1034

59

32

6%

54%

2018

-

-

-

-

-

777

45

16

6%

36%

Overall

12,915

484

224

4%

46%

5926

307

164

5%

53%

  1. aYear represents the year the conference was held
  2. bPercent pilot studies indicate all conference abstracts within the specified year that report pilot behavioral interventions
  3. cPercent pilot studies published indicate all conference abstracts reporting pilot behavioral interventions within the specified year that are subsequently published at full length in a peer-reviewed journal
  4. dDenotes years when only records of poster presentation abstracts were accessible (i.e., abstracts of oral presentations were not available)
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