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NCT Number: NCT03542201

Comparison of Blogshot Formats With Standard Cochrane Plain Language Formats

Participants will receive in random order on format of brief description of systematic review summary on health intervention. One group will receive standard plain language summary, while another will receive Cochrane blog shot, containing only few information about the efficacy of the intervention. After reading, their task will be to answer several questions about the material they have read.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Age range

18 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Split School of Medicine

Split, 21000, Croatia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients visiting their family doctor, students of biomedical studies.

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

PLS

Other

Participants will have to read standard textual information about the conducted systematic review (approximately 500 words)

Blogshot

Other

Participants will have to read the blogshot information about the results of the Cochrane systematic review (approximately 100 words)

Primary outcomes

  1. Understanding

    Time frame: 3 months

    Number of the correct answers about the content of the summary, which will consist of four multiple choice questions (with four possible answers where only one is correct, for each question) about the text the participants are reading. Questions will be developed by research team and revised by expert in health communication. The scale ranges from 0-4, where greater score indicates better understanding of the material.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reading experience

    Time frame: 3 months

    Likert type scale 1-10 (1 indicating low preference for current presentation type, 10 indicating absolute preference for the current presentation type.

  2. Health numeracy

    Time frame: 3 months

    5 questions about the numerical tasks placed in medical content, total score is number of correct answers on those questions. The five questions are part of Numeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument (Schapira et al, 2012), and we will translate only the questions focusing on Probability section. Cronbach's alpha in previous research was 0.86 (Schapira et al, 2012). The questions will be revised by independent translator and back translated to English.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Split, School of Medicine

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Blogshot Formats With Standard Cochrane Plain Language Formats: Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
May 31, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 25, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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