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Testing the Effect of Press Guides on Health Journalists

NCT00938938 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2010-04-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of adding a "press guide" to standard materials that journalists routinely receive regarding research published in medical journals.

Conditions

  • Medical Reporting

Interventions

OTHER

Press Guide

The press guide is a 1-page summary of the study findings, written by the investigators.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS · White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-12-31

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