Table 1 Examples of hard outcomes (context) in trials reported in speciality journals
From: Outcomes, Interventions and Funding in Randomised Research Published in High-Impact Journals
Neurology | Headache days (migraine) Incident clinical disease (multiple sclerosis) Living circumstances (stroke) Survival (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) |
Oncology | Survival (various cancers) Incident disease (breast cancer) |
Cardiology | Myocardial infarction (various interventions) Stroke (various interventions) Mortality (various interventions) Incident disease (atrial fibrillation) |
Respiratory medicine | Incident clinical disease (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia) Abstinence (cigarette smoking) |
Infectious Diseases | Clinical resolution of infection (pneumonia, urogenital infections) Incident clinical disease (soft tissue infections, malaria) Clinical adverse events (vaccinations) |