Communicating uncertainty from limitations in quality of evidence to the public in written health informatio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- perception of different types of qualitative uncertainty in health information
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015911
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1633
Inclusion Criteria
Minimal age 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
Lack of sufficient German to read texts and answer questionnaire
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Perception of treatment effectiveness measured with one item on an ordinal scale (How do you judge the effectiveness of Oroxil ?”) with five possible answers: (1) It is proven that Oroxil can help. (2) Oroxil may possibly help. (3) It is unclear, whether Oroxil helps. (4) Oroxil may not help. (5) Oroxil definitely does not help.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Subjective certainty in the judgement of treatment effectiveness (regarding the primary endpoint) 2. Perception of the body of evidence 3. Text quality 4. Hypothetical treatment decision