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Enhancing Evidence-Based Pharmacy by Comparing the Qualityof Web-Based Information Sources To the EVInewsDatabase—Randomized Controlled Trial With German CommunityPharmacists

Not Applicable
Conditions
Information quality
Registration Number
DRKS00026104
Lead Sponsor
Klinische Pharmazie, Institut für Pharmazie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität leipzig
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
141
Inclusion Criteria

Licensed pharmacists

Exclusion Criteria

- Participants, who violated the study protocol (by using other information source formats such as books for example),
- non-licensed pharmacists

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measurement of the quality score medians of the Web group‘s and the EVInews group‘s search results, based on a rating scheme through 2 independent evaluators after the study period in May 2021.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Subgroup analysis of quality scores of participants, who completed the entire information search task and who at least completed the search task partially,<br>- Sub-quality score analysis of the rating scheme categories of transparency, quality of evidence, and usability,<br>- Characterization of web-based information sources,<br>- Correlational analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and<br>quality scores,<br>- Self-evaluation of search skills by the<br>participants,<br>- Assessment of the time needed to perform the<br>search task.
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