| The following guidelines
will be used for judging and scoring abstracts for poster
presentation at the ACE Annual Meeting
The abstract should be written in English and structured into four subheadings as follows:
- PURPOSE: Clearly state the background
for and purpose of the study, including the hypothesis
or research question being addressed.
- METHODS: Include the design and
methodology used, including any relevant instruments
and measurement tools. Describe the predictor and
outcome variables and the analytic approach used to
evaluate the research question.
- RESULTS: For analytic studies,
report quantitative results including effect measures
and confidence intervals. For descriptive or qualitative
results, succinctly report relevant findings. Only
abstracts with preliminary data or final results will
be considered; i.e., do not submit abstracts describing
"what will be done" in the future.
- CONCLUSIONS: Conclusions should
be evidence-based and drawn directly from the results
of the study as they relate to the research question.
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