Impact of Adding a Limitation Section in Abstract of Systematic Review on Interpretation by Readers: a Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Confidence in the Results of the Systematic Review
研究概览
简要总结
Objective: The investigators aim to evaluate the impact of a adding a " limitations " section in systematic review's abstract on result's interpretation by readers Design: randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms. Participants will be invited to participate in an online survey.
Participants: Eligible participants are corresponding authors of clinical trials published between 2010 and 2012 and referenced in Medline.
Intervention: The investigators will evaluate the impact of the presence of a " limitations " section in abstract of systematic review with meta- analysis. The investigators selected abstracts of meta-analysis from a sample.
Selected abstract will be standardised and the treatment's name hidden. Two groups of abstract will be presented as follow: 1) abstract without " limitations " section 2) abstract with " limitations " section. The " limitations " section will be written by authors and will briefly describe the risk of bias of included studies.
Selected participant are invited by e-mail to answer the survey. After reading one abstract from his/her group of randomisation they are invited to answer 5 questions about their interpretation of the results.
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
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •corresponding authors of clinical trail indexed in pubmed with email address available
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Confidence in the Results of the Systematic Review
时间窗: 1 month
we ask participants: "how confident are you in the results of this study?", with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale (score from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident )
次要结局
- The Rigor of the Systematic Review(1 month)
- Influence of Results on Clinical Practice(1 month)
- Confidence With the Validity of the Conclusions(1 month)
- Beneficial Effect of the Experimental Intervention(1 month)