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. 2009 Feb 10;9:10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-10

Table 1.

Headings of Structured Abstracts

Class Example Heading Names
Aim Goals, Objective, Purpose, Hypothesis, Introduction, Background, Context, Rationale

Intervention Interventions, Interventions of the Study

Participants Population, Patients, Subjects, Sample

Outcome Measures Primary Outcome Parameters, Main Variables, Measures, Measurements, Assessments

Method Materials, Study Design, Setting, Procedures, Process, Methodology, Research Design

Results Results, Findings, Outcomes, Main Outcomes and Results

Conclusion Conclusion, Conclusion and Clinical Relevance, Clinical Implications, Discussion, Interpretation

Examples of headings in structured abstracts that are mapped to equivalence classes for our classification purposes.