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Information Presentation Formats

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Meningioma
Interventions
Other: Uncheck Symptoms
Other: Check Symptoms
Other: Experienced
Other: 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
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 or older
  • American
Exclusion Criteria
  • Mechanical Turk approval rate below 95%

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Un-check/ExperienceExperiencedParticipants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Check/ExperienceExperiencedParticipants are asked to check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Un-check/ExperienceUncheck SymptomsParticipants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Check/Not ExperiencedCheck SymptomsParticipants are asked to check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Un-check/Not ExperiencedNot ExperiencedParticipants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Check/Not ExperiencedNot ExperiencedParticipants are asked to check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Check/ExperienceCheck SymptomsParticipants are asked to check the symptoms that they have experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Un-check/Not ExperiencedUncheck SymptomsParticipants are asked to un-check the symptoms that they have NOT experienced in the last 6 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of symptoms1 day

The number of symptoms checked off by participants

Risk of meningioma1 day

Self-reported perceived risk of meningioma

Information pursuit1 day

Binary measure of whether participants click to receive information about meningioma

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Funding allocation1 day

Hypothetical federal funding allocation to meningioma

Risk of serious disease1 day

Perceived risk of having any serious disease

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Carnegie Mellon University

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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