{"id":49022,"date":"2023-06-28T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clariscience.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/quale-struttura-per-la-sezione-risultati-di-un-articolo-clinico"},"modified":"2024-11-09T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T10:10:14","slug":"what-structure-for-the-results-section-of-a-clinical-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clariscience.com\/en\/blog\/scientific-communication\/what-structure-for-the-results-section-of-a-clinical-article","title":{"rendered":"What structure for the Results section of a clinical article?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cIf a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?\u201d Is there a sound if no one can hear it? George Berkeley, who first formulated this thought, argued that objects exist only if perceived. Therefore, for Berkeley, the answer was clear: if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, it does not make a sound. Following the same logic, we might ask: \u201cIf the results of a clinical study are not published, do the resulting findings exist?\u201d The results of a clinical study include the data collected and the analyses performed during the experimentation, representing the \u201cbuilding blocks\u201d of information, but this information only becomes meaningful when shared. The effective publication (sharing) of clinical study results is thus an integral part of scientific research and helps generate new hypotheses and better guide clinical practice. A well-planned and well-written \u201cResults\u201d section is a valuable tool for communicating, clearly, concisely, and objectively, the innovative aspects and nature of the information emerged from the study, guiding the reader through the questions investigated in the \u201cMaterials and Methods\u201d and laying the groundwork for interpretation and critical analysis in the subsequent section (\u201cDiscussion\u201d).<\/p>

The \u201cResults\u201d are therefore a fundamental part of any scientific article; in fact, they are the very reason for writing an article: the presentation of new and, ideally, significant facts. To begin writing, the first step is to select and establish which results to present\u2014specifically, which results are relevant to the clinical question posed in the introduction, regardless of whether they support the hypothesis. The \u201cResults\u201d section does not necessarily need to include every result obtained or observed; however, it is important that there is correspondence with what is outlined in the \u201cMaterials and Methods\u201d: for each method (what was done), there should be a corresponding result (what was found), and vice versa.<\/p>

The \u201cResults\u201d section should describe in a logical order what was done and found, the frequency of occurrence of a particular event or result, the quantities of observations, and the causality (i.e., the relationships or connections) between the observed events. Results can be structured chronologically, from general to specific, from most important to least important, or grouped by topic\/study groups or by experiment\/parameter measured.<\/p>

Generally, the Results section covers three areas of interest (demographic and baseline data, efficacy, and safety) and includes the following elements:<\/p>