Randomised Controlled Trial to Measure the Effect of Different Financial Competing Interest Statements on Readers' Perceptions of Clinical Educational Articles
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 1,065
- 主要终点
- The Readers' Level of Confidence in the Conclusions Drawn in the Article.
研究概览
简要总结
Financial ties with industry are common among doctors, academics and institutions. This trial aims to investigate the influence of different types of industry-linked activities on readers' perceptions of clinical reviews. Two clinical reviews have been selected on medical topics and study participants (practicing doctors) will be sent one review each. The reviews will be identical except for the inclusion of one of four different permutations of competing interest statements. Participants will be asked to rate the one review they are sent based on the study outcomes (confidence, interest, importance and likeliness to change practice). The study focus is on educational articles as these are intended to guide patient care and convey the authors' interpretation of selected data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Practising doctors in the UK who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and receive The BMJ will be included.
排除标准
- •BMA members who have opted out of receiving a free copy of The BMJ, public health doctors, consultant oral/dental surgeons, consultants in private practice, retired doctors and student members will be excluded.
研究组 & 干预措施
Review 1- competing interest statement 1
Variations of financial competing interest statements. There will be a statement that the authors have no competing interests.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 1- competing interest statement 2
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 1- competing interest statement 3
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 1- competing interest statement 4
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 2- competing interest statement 1
Variations of financial competing interest statements. There will be a statement that the authors have no competing interests.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 2- competing interest statement 2
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 2- competing interest statement 3
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
Review 2- competing interest statement 4
Variations of financial competing interest statements.
干预措施: Variations of financial competing interest statements (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
The Readers' Level of Confidence in the Conclusions Drawn in the Article.
时间窗: Outcome measure will be assessed only at the time of the intervention (0 weeks). Readers will be asked to complete the study questionnaire immediately after reading the review article.
Measured on a single-item 10-point Likert scale from (1) "not at all confident" to (10) "extremely confident". Higher scores indicate more confidence. Min score = 0, max score =10.
次要结局
- Importance of the Article.(Outcome measure will be assessed only at the time of the intervention (0 weeks))
- Interest in the Article.(Outcome measure will be assessed only at the time of the intervention (0 weeks))
- Number of Participants Who Are Extremely Likely to Change Practice on the Basis of the Article (Scored a "10"), for Those Currently Treating the Relevant Condition(Outcome measure will be assessed only at the time of the intervention (0 weeks))