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NCT Number: NCT01080976

Comparing Google With A Focused Diabetes Search Engine

Abstract Diabetes behavior can be influenced by patients exploring diabetes topics that may lack scientific credibility. The question this study examines is whether a Google or Health on the Net (HON) internet search, presents websites that would incline a more or less likely recommendation to patients ? A preliminary trial suggests that referrers recommend websites based on rules that may prioritize website source over content. This study will qualitatively assess the rules that participants use in deciding which websites are more suitable than others.

Method The investigators will inject a diabetes related search term into a HON and a Google search engine. The top 5 mutually exclusive websites from each search engine will be presented to 5 people from three groups stratified across endocrinologists, informaticians and PCPs. Participants will rank the websites and then identify the rules that they applied to reach their decision.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Charles Safran

Brookline, Massachusetts, 02446, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • physician, informatician, diabetologist

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Website Ranking

    Time frame: Immediate

    Primary care and diabetes clinicians' preference in a set of webpage search results on a visual analog scale (1-100) with 1 being the lowest preference and 100 being the highest. Rankings based on qualitative measures, such as perceived clinical relevance, perceived accuracy of content, and perceived timeliness of content.

  2. Search Engine Preference

    Time frame: Immediate

    Based on the results of primary outcome 1 (Website Ranking), preference for search engine was measured qualitatively between Google and Health-on-the-Net.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Mar 5, 2010
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2018

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