Information Presentation Formats
- Conditions
- Meningioma
- Interventions
- Other: Uncheck SymptomsOther: Check SymptomsOther: ExperiencedOther: Not Experienced
- Registration Number
- NCT02267928
- Lead Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Brief Summary
Prevention and early detection of medical problems can greatly reduce health care costs, yet time and again, people avoid or ignore services that could help detect medical problems early enough to prevent or reduce the severity of potential problems. The investigators seek to understand whether the elicitation of symptom admission by patients can predict people's perceived risk of the medical condition and voluntary pursuit of medical information.
- Detailed Description
We will present individuals with medically accurate information about a medical condition and measure people's perceptions of their own likelihood to having that medical condition. This will include an opportunity for people to pursue more information by directing them to a website that features more information about the condition. The initial information provision will vary slightly in presentation (method of eliciting symptoms will vary), and the rate at which individuals visit the subsequent medical website to receive more information will be recorded as a measure of information seeking behavior. Rates will be compared across symptom elicitation conditions to determine which formats are most effective at encouraging information seeking about health issues. No personally identifying information will be collected, and all results will be reported in aggregate. Critically, no deception will be used: Participants will only be provided with information that is as accurate as possible (given existing knowledge in the health/medical fields).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 305
- 18 or older
- American
- Mechanical Turk approval rate below 95%
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Un-check/Experience Experienced Participants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks. Check/Experience Experienced Participants are asked to check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks. Un-check/Experience Uncheck Symptoms Participants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks. Check/Not Experienced Check Symptoms Participants are asked to check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks. Un-check/Not Experienced Not Experienced Participants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks. Check/Not Experienced Not Experienced Participants are asked to check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks. Check/Experience Check Symptoms Participants are asked to check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks. Un-check/Not Experienced Uncheck Symptoms Participants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of symptoms 1 day The number of symptoms checked off by participants
Risk of meningioma 1 day Self-reported perceived risk of meningioma
Information pursuit 1 day Binary measure of whether participants click to receive information about meningioma
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Funding allocation 1 day Hypothetical federal funding allocation to meningioma
Risk of serious disease 1 day Perceived risk of having any serious disease
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Carnegie Mellon University
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States