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.

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