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Impact of a Limitation Section on the Meta-analysis Results' Interpretation

NCT01848600 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2014-04-21

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Summary

Objective: The investigators aim to evaluate the impact of a " limitations " section in systematic review's abstract on results' interpretation by readers.

Design: Randomized ratio 1:1 controlled trial with two parallel arms. Participants will be invited to participate in an online survey.

Participants: Eligible participants are corresponding authors of randomized controlled trial published between 2010 and 2012 and referenced in pubmed Intervention: The investigators will evaluate the impact of the presence of a " limitations " section in abstract of systematic review with meta-analysis. The investigators selected abstracts of meta-analysis published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine between 2006 and 2011.

Selected abstract will be standardised and the treatment's name hidden. The two groups of abstract will be presented as follow: 1) abstract with " limitations " section and 2) abstract without " limitations " section: the " limitations " section of the original abstract will be deleted.

Selected participants are invited by e-mail to answer the survey. After reading one abstract from his group a randomization they are invited two answer 5 questions about their interpretation of the meta-analysis's results.

Conditions

  • Systematic Review With Metaanalysis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

interpretation of the abstract

the intervention consist to interpret the results of the meta-analysis after reading the abstract.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amélie YAVCHITZ, MD · Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

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