Medical Illustration Design Characteristic Evaluation

NCT06435806 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 427440
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8,200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to understand what people understand from medical illustrations, and what meaning and emotions (such as anxiety) they derive from different design elements.

Conditions

Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Knowledge

  A multiple-item knowledge test designed to test comprehension of the patient education document

  Baseline and 30 minutes

• State Anxiety scale from State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

  Self-report state anxiety scale from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. 20 items, 4-point Likert scale. A higher score indicates more severe anxiety with a potential range from 20 to 80.

  30 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Satisfaction with the medical illustration

  30 minutes

• Reading Effort

  30 minutes

• Acceptability

  30 minutes

Study Arms (20)

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version A

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version A

Other: Medical Illustration design

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version B

EXPERIMENTAL

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version B

Other: Medical Illustration design

Interventions

Medical Illustration design OTHER

We will test 10 binary design variants for medical illustrations (for example, with and without cut-away, with and without text labels, etc). Specific variants to be identified during first task of project.

Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 1, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 10, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 2, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 3, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 4, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 5, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 6, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 7, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 8, version B; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version A; Medical Illustration Design Distinction 9, version B

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years old
• Speaks English or Spanish fluently
• Is able to independently consent
• Has adequate corrected vision to read patient education documents

You may not qualify if:

• \* None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northeastern University: lead
• Tufts Medical Center: collaborator
• Boston University: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

NOT YET RECRUITING

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Timothy Bickmore, PhD

  Northeastern University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Timothy Bickmore, PhD

CONTACT

6173735477; t.bickmore@northeastern.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: We will select 10 binary distinctions of medical illustration design elements and test each in a two-arm between-subjects evaluation.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 21, 2024
• First Posted: May 30, 2024
• Study Start: March 25, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2027
• Last Updated: August 3, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: Prior to end of the study.
• Access Criteria: Sharing of de-identified human subjects data will be consistent with HIPAA guidelines and the Final NIH Statement on Sharing Research Data. We do not anticipate any limitations on sharing.

Locations

US (2)