Those interested in presenting a paper should send /submit the abstract of their proposed talk before 30 April, 2007. Speakers selected for presentation will be informed accordingly.
Structured abstract
Please ensure that the structured abstract is as complete, accurate, and clear as possible. Abstracts should be 250- 300 words long. The first few items (objective, design, setting) may be note-like and need not form full sentences. The results and conclusions sections should be written properly.
For standard original research papers please provide the following headings and information:
- objectives - a clear statement of the main aim of the study and the major hypothesis tested or research question posed
- design - including factors such as prospective, randomisation, blinding, placebo control, case control, crossover, criterion standards for diagnostic tests etc
- setting - include the level of care eg primary, secondary; number of participating centres. Be general rather than give the name of the specific centre, but give the geographical location if this is important
- participants (instead of patients or subjects) - numbers entering and completing the study, sex, and ethnic group if appropriate. Give clear definitions of how selected, entry and exclusion criteria
- interventions - what, how, when and for how long.
- main outcome measures - those planned in protocol, those finally measured
- results - main results with (for quantitative studies) 95% confidence intervals and, where appropriate, the exact level of statistical significance and the number need to treat/harm.
- conclusions – primary conclusions and their implications, suggesting areas for further research if appropriate.
Abstracts for meta-analyses and systematic reviews should have these headings:
- objective – what the review set out to determine
- design – type of meta-analysis, systematic review
- data sources where included studies were retrieved from
- review methods inclusion and exclusion criteria
- results main findings with 95% confidence intervals
- conclusions primary conclusions and their implications
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