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CompletedNCT00950014

Testing Numeric Formats for Presenting Data About Treatment Benefits and Harms

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,944 (actual)
Sponsor
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center · Federal
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test comprehension of five numeric formats used to present data about treatment benefits and harms.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERPresentation of drug efficacy and side effect dataData presented in 1 of 5 numeric formats in each arm: percentage only, fixed frequency only, variable frequency, variable combination and fixed combination format.

Timeline

Start date
2009-08-01
Primary completion
2009-09-01
Completion
2009-09-01
First posted
2009-07-31
Last updated
2010-04-09

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00950014. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.

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