From research question to dissemination: how to design, analyse and present study results Doing science

Today, the term "study" is very frequently used
in quite a broad sense: survey, clinical trial,
analysis, research and other terms with deeply
different meanings are often generally indicated
as "studies". A "study" can be generally defined as
a process composed of several actions aimed to
verify one or more hypotheses (objectives), with
the ultimate goal of sharing the answers (results)
with a target audience, in the form of a scientific
paper, presentation or poster.
For all research studies, the key for the success
of a study lies in the careful design of all its different
phases, from the statement of the objectives to the
dissemination of the results. The different phases
of a research study may be summarised as the
following three parts: 1) design, 2) running, and
3) presentation of results. The setting of the three
phases may differ depending on the type and the
scope of the study; in the remainder of this article,
a set of general guidelines are presented within the
particular context of clinical studies