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

University of Split

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Other: Percentages; Other: Frequencies

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03554252

214-09-7672

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 225 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who are visiting their family doctor, and are at least 18 old. Students of biomedical studies at University of Split School of Medicine, who are at least 18 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants younger than 18 years.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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225 participants in 2 patient groups

Frequencies

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Frequencies

Percentages

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Percentages