Presenting Summary Information From Cochrane Systematic Reviews
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interventional
171
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The objective of the investigators study is to evaluate the efficacy of infographics in presenting information, in terms of understanding and remembering research results, compared to standard PLS formats and scientific summary formats (SciSum).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Oct 2016
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 27, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 29, 2016
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2016
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
June 4, 2019
CompletedJune 4, 2019
June 1, 2019
Same day
September 27, 2016
February 17, 2018
June 1, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Understanding
The primary outcome of the study is the score on a understanding test with ten questions about information contained in all three forms of presentation, titled as "Understanding information about external cephalic version for breech presentation before term" (Hutton et al, 2015). The questions will focus on understanding the benefits and risks of the intervention and the quality of evidence described in the systematic review. Each correctly answered question will be awarded one point, with a maximum of 10 points. The scale was specifically designed for this research, they ask about the information contained in all three abstract format and all questions are open-ended.
One-hour after the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Reading Experience
One hour after the intervention
Accessibility of Relevant Information
One hour after the intervention
Health Numeracy Score
One hour after the intervention
Study Arms (3)
Infographics
EXPERIMENTALInfographic presentation of health information
Plain Language Summary
ACTIVE COMPARATORPLS presentation of health information
Scientific abstract
ACTIVE COMPARATORScientific abstract presentation of health information
Interventions
The students in this group will read Cochrane systematic review summary in infographics format. Infographics format is a form of visual presentation of results of systematic review, supported by pictures and graphs.
The students randomized in PLS group will read text format with simple explanation of the survey topic main findings which is intended for lay audience.
The students in scientific abstract group will read the the text written for the academic population and practitioners.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Eligible participants will be first-year university students without experience with Cochrane review summaries, because prior familiarization with Cochrane summaries could make information uptake easier by those participants.
You may not qualify if:
- Participants who give the positive answer to the survey question about familiarity with the Cochrane will be excluded from the study analysis.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University Hospital of Splitlead
- Croatian Science Foundationcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
School of Medicine
Split, 21000, Croatia
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Ivan Buljan
- Organization
- University of Split School of Medicine
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Ana Marušić, MD, PhD
Professor at Medical School of Split
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restriction Type
- OTHER
- Restrictive Agreement
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- PhD student
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 27, 2016
First Posted
September 29, 2016
Study Start
October 1, 2016
Primary Completion
October 1, 2016
Study Completion
October 1, 2016
Last Updated
June 4, 2019
Results First Posted
June 4, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-06
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
Data will be collected electronically, using the SurveyMonkey platform. The data will be fully anonymous and will be kept on a secure server of the School of Medicine.