NCT02918656

Presenting Summary Information From Cochrane Systematic Reviews

Presenting Summary Information From Cochrane Systematic Reviews: Randomized Controlled Trial of Infographics Presentation vs. Standard Word Summaries

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 171 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of Split · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of the investigators study is to evaluate the efficacy of infographics in presenting information, in terms of understanding and remembering research results, compared to standard PLS formats and scientific summary formats (SciSum).

Detailed description

The investigators will conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) with three different formats of the same systematic review summary (infographics, PLS and scientific summary). The content of these three formats is based on the same systematic review, but the ways of data presentation will differ: visual presentation, plain language, and scientific language. The trial will be performed at the beginning of the 2016/2017 academic year, with first year university students as participants. The trial will be voluntary and anonymous. The survey will consist of 4 parts: 1) demographic data, 2) one format of the summary (randomly assigned), 3) comprehension test of the information given in the summary, 4) accessibility of information and overall satisfaction with the given summary assessed by survey and 5) health numeracy test. All materials will be in Croatian. The materials used in this research will be assessed by experts in order to confirm face validity of developed questions.

Conditions

• Understanding Cochrane Systematic Reviews

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Infographic presentation of health information	The students in this group will read Cochrane systematic review summary in infographics format. Infographics format is a form of visual presentation of results of systematic review, supported by pictures and graphs.
OTHER	PLS presentation of health information	The students randomized in PLS group will read text format with simple explanation of the survey topic main findings which is intended for lay audience.
OTHER	Scientific abstract presentation of health information	The students in scientific abstract group will read the the text written for the academic population and practitioners.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2016-09-29
• Last updated: 2019-06-04
• Results posted: 2019-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Croatia