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Impact of a Mock-up Fact-checking Extension on HPV Vaccine Misinformation: A Survey Experiment

NCT06405048 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2024-05-08

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Summary

The primary objective of this survey experiment study is to measure the impact of a mock-up Chinese fact-checking extension on the ability to dispel HPV and HPV vaccine-related misinformation among parents of middle school girls in China.

Conditions

  • HPV Vaccine

Interventions

OTHER

Mobile Weibo post screenshot with mock-up Chinese fact-checking extension

The intervention in this survey experiment involves mobile Weibo post screenshots equipped with a mock-up Chinese fact-checking browser extension. All screenshots are based on actual Weibo posts. The fact-checking content is generated by a Large Language Model (LLM), tailored to relevant knowledge and prompts, and subsequently validated by experts. The Weibo posts cover a range of popular topics known to contain misinformation, including infertility, safety, vaccine ingredients, high-risk cervical cancer types, regular check-ups, transmission routes, and others.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fudan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zhiyuan Hou, PhD · Fudan University

  • Leesa Lin, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-28
Primary Completion
2024-05-31
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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