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Interpreting the results of a clinical trial
Author(s) -
Keech Anthony C,
Pike Rhana,
Granger Renee E,
Gebski Val J
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00911.x
Subject(s) - research centre , clinical trial , officer , medicine , library science , management , history , archaeology , computer science , economics
Elements of an interpretation Authors are generally encouraged to summarise which the results and findings are consistent with hypothesis, and to comment on the robustness of drawing conclusions and making recommendations n ex pla I preparing an article reporting a clinical trial, the authors are pected to provide a reasoned interpretation of the results and ce them into a broader clinical context. “Interpretation” (Item 20 of the CONSORT statement) refers to how the authors account for their results (Box 1). Although it has been suggested that authors often have a vested interest in their data and may be biased towards a positive result, they nevertheless have first-hand experience of the design and conduct of the trial, and can offer a unique insight into interpreta-