BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION Describe the use case or contextual information. OBJECTIVE In one sentence, what does the study seek to measure/explore? STUDY DESIGN What are the methods to be used in the study? OUTCOME VARIABLES List and describe primary and secondary outcome measures. DATA SOURCES Where will the data come from? Will there need to be any transformation? DATA ANALYSIS How will the data be analyzed? RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL or PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE What will the findings/results/lessons say about practice? How applicable is the study to the real-world? Resources for Writing a Research Abstract A reporting guideline is a checklist or structured tool that guides authors in reporting all information needed to ensure that a scientific article is understandable, replicable, and useful for practitioners. There are reporting guidelines for nearly all study types such as randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews. There are also specialty-specific reporting guidelines, including one for health informaticsLinks to an external site.. Reporting guidelines can also be used to write well-reported research abstracts. The most relevant one for this assignment is STARE-HI or the Statement on Reporting of Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics. Depending on your study type, you could also use CONSORT for randomized controlled trials or STROBE for observational studies. STARE-HI: https://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/Stare-HI_as_published.pdf Links to an external site. Most important items to consider (pg. 4-6): 1 Title 2 Abstract 4.3 Objectives of Study 5 Study Context 6.1 Study Design 6.5 Outcome Measures 6.6 Methods for Data Acquisition and Measurement 6.7 Methods for Data Analysis CONSORT for abstracts (randomized controlled trials): https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consort-abstracts/Links to an external site. STROBE for conference abstracts (observational studies): https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe-abstracts/Links to an external site.

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