MedTrace Logo

Comparison of Different Frames of Numerical Information in Cochrane Plain Language Summaries

NCT03554252 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 225

Last updated 2018-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants will be randomly given one of two formats containing descriptions of health interventions. In one format, participants will have to read short summaries where results of the intervention are presented as frequencies and the side effects of health intervention are presented as percentages, while in another format the frames will be reversed (results will be presented as percentages and side effects as frequencies). After reading, participants will be asked several questions about the content of the summary and its conclusions.

Conditions

  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

OTHER

Frequencies

Results are presented as natural frequencies (e.g. the drug was effective for 1 out of 10 people) while side effects are presented as percentages (e.g. 40% participants experienced severe side effects)

OTHER

Percentages

Results are presented as percentages (e.g. the drug was effective for 10% of people) while side effects are presented as natural frequencies (e.g. 4 out of 10 participants experienced severe side effects)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Split, School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ivan Buljan, MPsy · PhD student

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-01
Primary Completion
2018-08-01
Completion
2018-08-01

Countries

  • Croatia

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT03554252 on ClinicalTrials.gov