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NCT Number: NCT02980107

Presenting Summary Information From Cochrane Systematic Reviews: Protocol for Research of Infographics Presentation vs. Plain Language Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of infographics, compared to standard PLS format, in presenting information, in terms of understanding and remembering research results by consumers.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Split

Split, 21000, Croatia

About this study

The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two different formats of the same systematic review summary (Infographics, PLS). The content of these two formats is based on the same systematic review, but the ways of data presentation will differ: visual presentation in plain language and plain language only. The interventions will be delivered online in November 2016, with members of the consumers' groups for pregnancy and parenting - RODA ("Roditelji u akciji", engl."Parents in action"), which gathers different types of consumers: pregnant women, young mothers and parenting and pregnancy advisors; and the members of the Association for Patients' Rights. The trial will be voluntary and anonymous. The survey will consist of 5 parts, in the following order: 1) one format of the summary (randomly assigned), 2) health numeracy, 3) demographic data 4) comprehension test of the information given in the summary, and 5) user friendliness of information and overall satisfaction with the given summary assessed by survey.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Eligible participants will be members of RODA and Association for Patients' Rights (women) .

Exclusion criteria

  • Male members of RODA and Association for Patient's Rights

Treatment and study plan

Infographics

Other

Cochrane started developing infographics, where short textual information about research is supported by visual representations of the main findings and is also aimed at the lay public The investigators will examine whether this format is better in information uptake than standard PLS.

PLS

Other

Text format with simple explanation of the survey topic main findings and is intended for lay audience.

Primary outcomes

  1. Understanding of the Summary Content

    Time frame: One month (30 days)

    The questions will focus on understanding the benefits and risks of the intervention and the quality of evidence described in the systematic review. There will be 10 open ended questions, which will be assessed by two assessors, and the total score will be the sum of correct answers (total score ranging from 0-10). Higher scores would represent greater understanding of the content.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reading Experience

    Time frame: One month (30 days)

    This section of the survey will include 5 questions about the experience of participants about the text they read, measured on a 10-point Likert type scale, where 1 means do not agree at all and 10 means fully agree. The total score is the sum of scores on all five answers (minimum 5, maximum 50). Greater scores indicate more positive reading experience.

  2. User Friendliness

    Time frame: One month (30 days)

    This section of the survey will have 5 questions concerning how easy it was for the participant to find relevant information, measured by a 10-point Likert type scale where the answer 1 means I do not agree at all and 10 means I fully agree. The total score is the sum of scores on all the answers (minimum 5, maximum 50). Higher scores indicate greater perception of the summary format as more user friendly.

Other outcomes

  1. Health Numeracy

    Time frame: One month (30 days)

    This section will use 6-item General health numeracy test (Osborne et al., 2013) in order to determine how much our participants understand the basic health instructions regarding numeracy dimension. For each correct answer, the participants receive one point and the total score is the sum of all correct answers.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital of Split

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Liverpool

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Dec 2, 2016
Registry last updated
Jun 3, 2019

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