Trial Outcomes & Findings for Comparing Google With A Focused Diabetes Search Engine (NCT NCT01080976)

NCT ID: NCT01080976

Last Updated: 2018-02-07

Results Overview

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.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

10 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Immediate

Results posted on

2018-02-07

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Primary Care Physicians
Diabetologists
Overall Study
STARTED
5
5
Overall Study
COMPLETED
5
5
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Comparing Google With A Focused Diabetes Search Engine

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Primary Care Physicians
n=5 Participants
Diabetologists
n=5 Participants
Total
n=10 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=99 Participants
0 Participants
n=107 Participants
0 Participants
n=206 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
5 Participants
n=99 Participants
5 Participants
n=107 Participants
10 Participants
n=206 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=99 Participants
0 Participants
n=107 Participants
0 Participants
n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
1 Participants
n=99 Participants
2 Participants
n=107 Participants
3 Participants
n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
4 Participants
n=99 Participants
3 Participants
n=107 Participants
7 Participants
n=206 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Immediate

Population: Participants were asked to rank 10 pages of website search results from Google and HoN search engines based on clinician preference. Clinicians were further asked for feedback and opinions on how they determined their ranking. Rankings of individual websites were done by visual analog scale, from 1-100, with 100 indicated as highly preferred.

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.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Primary Care Physicians
n=5 Participants
Doctors from General Practice
Diabetologists
n=5 Participants
Doctors Specialized in Diabetes
Website Ranking
NA units on a scale
Data no longer available due to PI (Reti S) leaving BIDMC after completion of his fellowship. PI is no longer in the United States and cannot be reached.
NA units on a scale
Data no longer available due to PI (Reti S) leaving BIDMC after completion of his fellowship. PI is no longer in the United States and cannot be reached.

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 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.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Primary Care Physicians
n=5 Participants
Doctors from General Practice
Diabetologists
n=5 Participants
Doctors Specialized in Diabetes
Search Engine Preference
NA Participants
No data available. No record exists of this data being collected. PI (Reti S) no longer employed by BIDMC having finished the fellowship program.
NA Participants
No data available. No record exists of this data being collected. PI (Reti S) no longer employed by BIDMC having finished the fellowship program.

Adverse Events

Primary Care Physicians

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Diabetologists

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Charles Safran

BIDMC

Phone: 617-278-8170

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place