Assessment of geriatric pharmacology information design: a survey

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prescribing practices for older adults; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13433969
• Lead Sponsor: McMaster University

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34118060/ (added 03/09/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-07-08
• Study Completion: 2019-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 13 September 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

Prescribing clinicians

Exclusion Criteria

Health professionals involved in the development of the Geriatric Pharmacology Information Design Materials

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time required by prescribing clinicians to complete 5 case-based questions about prescribing to older adults (start defined as time when online survey was accessed, stop defined as time when online survey completion button pressed; as measured by Survey Monkey). Measured at a single timepoint.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Measured at a single timepoint:<br> 1. Learning styles measured using the Health Professionals’ Inventory of Learning Styles (H-PILS)<br> 2. Knowledge retention test scores (defined as the % of correct answers to the case-based short answer questions in part 2 of the survey)<br> 3. User-friendliness of the infographics, assessed using a series of closed-ended questions about their reading experience followed by open-ended feedback questions<br>