Trials / Completed
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
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Presentation of drug efficacy and side effect data | Data 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.