Framing of Numerical Information in Cochrane Summaries

University of Split

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Literacy

Treatments: Other: Frame of numerical information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03442387

Grant No. IP-2014-09-7672

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to conduct three different parallel randomized controlled trials to assess how the different framing of Cochrane summary information (positive vs negative framing of health information) affects affect the perception of the efficacy and intention for use of the described treatment.

Full description

The aim of the study was to conduct three different parallel randomized controlled trials to assess how the different framing of Cochrane summary information (positive vs negative framing of health information) affects affect the perception of the efficacy and intention for use of the described treatment.

Enrollment: 91 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First year medical students

Exclusion criteria

• Those who have failed first year and have to repeat it.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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91 participants in 2 patient groups

Positive frame

Experimental group

Description:

The numerical expressions were presented in a positive way: e.g. treatment was successful for 4 out of 10 persons.

Treatment:

Other: Frame of numerical information

Negative frame

Experimental group

Description:

The numerical expressions were presented in a negative way: e.g. treatment was unsuccessful for 6 out of 10 persons.

Treatment:

Other: Frame of numerical information