Outpatients' Knowledge About and Attitude Toward Randomised Clinical Trials

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge about randomised clinical trials and the attitude towards clinical research among Danish outpatients. The INFO Trial was designed as a randomised, parallel group, observer-blinded trial comparing three types of written information (a leaflet, a brochure, and a booklet) to each other and to a no intervention group.

Conditions

• Ambulatory Patients in the Dep. of Medical Gastroenterology
• Ambulatory Patients in the Dep. of Gynecology
• Ambulatory Patients in the Dep. of Orthopedic Surgery
• Ambulatory Patients in the Dep. of Urology

Interventions

OTHER

Leaflet

The length is 1.5 A4 pages, Flesch's Reading Ease Score (RES) is 57 (fairly difficult, comparable to a quality magazine), and Human Interest Score (HIS) is 37 (interesting, comparable to a digest magazine).

OTHER

Brochure

The length is 2.5 A4 pages, RES is 43 (difficult, comparable to an academic magazine), and HIS is 25 (interesting, comparable to a digest magazine).

OTHER

Booklet

The length is 12 A4 pages, RES is 11 (very difficult, comparable to a scientific magazine), and HIS is 22 (mildly interesting, comparable to a trade magazine).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Info Trial Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Charlotte Behnke

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Pia Caspersen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Dorte Fischer

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Rolf I. Hansen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Karin Jensen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Birthe Klarskov

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Lars K. Møller

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Kirsten Obel

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sten N. Rasmussen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Pia Munkholm

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ju-ri Rumessen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Stig Sonne-Holm

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kim Krogsgaard, MD · Copenhagen Trial Unit - Centre for Intervention Research, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

1996-10-31

Primary Completion

1996-12-31

Completion

1996-12-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations