Testing the Effect of Press Guides on Health Journalists
2 other identifiers
interventional
50
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of adding a "press guide" to standard materials that journalists routinely receive regarding research published in medical journals.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jun 2009
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 17, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 14, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2010
CompletedApril 21, 2010
April 1, 2010
1 year
June 17, 2009
April 20, 2010
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Comprehension of facts about the study article (covering study design, exposures, outcome measures, results, limitations, conflicts of interest) assessed using a brief test.
0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Overall judgment of study newsworthiness (e.g., would you argue for/against covering story with editor, how convinced are you of study validity, what headline would you write,and usefulness of press release and (intervention group) press guide.
0 weeks (assessed during intervention)
Study Arms (2)
Press guide plus press release
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in the intervention group will receive a press guide (a one-page summary of study findings written by the investigators) in addition to the journal's full narrative press release for the selected article, a copy of the article's abstract, and a link to the full text of the journal article.
Press release only
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants in the control group will receive the journal's full narrative press release for the selected article, a copy of the article's abstract, and a link to the full text of the journal article.
Interventions
The press guide is a 1-page summary of the study findings, written by the investigators.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All journalists attending the 2009 NIH/Dartmouth/VA Medicine in the Media Symposium will be invited to participate in the study.
- The symposium, which is held annually, is open to journalists across the country and from abroad.
- Participants who are Health Journalists at the Health Journalism 2010 conference will be invited to participate in the study. This annual conference is being held in Chicago, IL at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place During April 22, 2010-April 25, 2010.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Casella SL, Kennedy AT, Larson RJ. Press releases by academic medical centers: not so academic? Ann Intern Med. 2009 May 5;150(9):613-8. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00007.
PMID: 19414840BACKGROUND
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- FED
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 17, 2009
First Posted
July 14, 2009
Study Start
June 1, 2009
Primary Completion
June 1, 2010
Study Completion
December 1, 2010
Last Updated
April 21, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-04