Using a Systematic Review in Clinical Decision Making: a Pilot Parallel, Randomized Controlled Trial

University of Toronto

Status

Completed

Conditions

Evidence-Based Medicine

Treatments

Other: Full Length

Other: Shortened Format

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02414360

487776

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of running a full-scale trial that compares two formats of a shortened systematic review to a full-length systematic review to be used in clinical decision-making.

Full description

Two shortened systematic review formats were developed to enhance their use in clinical decision making. An online randomized controlled trial is planned to make comparisons of the shortened formats to a full-length systematic review. To prepare for the full-scale trial, a pilot study will be conducted to test methods and procedures in order to refine the processes.

Enrollment

56 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Physicians who were in practice full- or part-time at study enrollment were recruited for participation
Participants had to have access to the Internet as the study was conducted online.

Exclusion criteria

The systematic reviews in all formats were only available in English, thus any participants who were not able to read and understand English were not eligible to participate.
Anyone who had taken part in any phase of the development of the shortened versions of the systematic reviews (cased-based or evidence-expertise formats) were not eligible for recruitment.