Items considered absolutely essential for an abstract:
(1) rationale for the study
(2) brief description of the intervention
(3) explicit definition of primary end points
(4) magnitude of difference for the primary end point
(5) statistical description of primary end point (95% confidence interval and/or 2-sided p value)
Items considered desirable:
(6) duration of follow-up
(7) actual sample size along with a brief description of the study participants
(8) planned sample size or power of study
(9) description of major toxicity
(10) source of funding
Item considered undesirable:
(11) results of a subgroup analyses not specified in the protocol
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Item
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Finding
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Points
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essential or desirable
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absent
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0
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partially present
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0.5
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present
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1
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undesirable
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absent
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0
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present
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-1
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total score =
= MAX(0,SUM(points for all 11 items))
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 10
• The higher the score the better quality.
