"Goals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance.
| Descriptor ID |
D006040
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Goals".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Goals" by people in this website by year, and whether "Goals" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Goals" by people in Profiles.
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A qualitative study of goals of hospital care and health outcome goals among patients admitted for heart failure. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Oct; 151:109769.
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Patient-Centered Measures of Goal Concordance in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Scoping Review. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 09 02; 8(9):e2530370.
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Personalized endpoints in Prader-Willi syndrome: a case study with goal attainment scaling. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 07 01; 21(7):1305-1309.
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Goal attainment in PMM2-CDG: A new approach measuring meaningful clinical outcomes. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 May; 145(1):109087.
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Personal goals of young survivors of violent injury: implications for practice. Inj Prev. 2024 07 19; 30(4):313-319.
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Using health values to inform collaborative goal-setting for chronic care of older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 07; 72(7):1955-1958.
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Treatment Goals and Preferences of Black Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. J Pain. 2024 07; 25(7):104487.
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6. Glycemic Goals and Hypoglycemia: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2024. Diabetes Care. 2024 01 01; 47(Suppl 1):S111-S125.
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Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Goal Achievement in Older Veterans with Dementia. Sensors (Basel). 2022 Dec 16; 22(24).
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Study protocol for an adapted personal project analysis to measure vertical inter-goal relations on physical activity and diet. BMC Psychol. 2022 Sep 24; 10(1):225.