Enhancing Evidence-Based Pharmacy by Comparing the Quality of Web-Based Information Sources To the EVInews Database—Randomized Controlled Trial With German Community Pharmacists

Enhancing Evidence-Based Pharmacy by Comparing the Quality of Web-Based Information Sources To the EVInews Database—Randomized Controlled Trial With German Community Pharmacists - EVInews

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00026104

Enrollment

Registered

2023-06-15

Start date

2021-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Information quality

Interventions

Group 1: Web group: Participants, who used web-based information sources of their choice without the EVInews database Group 2: EVInews group: Participants, who exclusively used the EVInews database

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Licensed pharmacists

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Participants, who violated the study protocol (by using other information source formats such as books for example), - non-licensed pharmacists

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measurement of the quality score medians of the Web group‘s and the EVInews group‘s search results, based on a rating scheme through 2 independent evaluators after the study period in May 2021.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Subgroup analysis of quality scores of participants, who completed the entire information search task and who at least completed the search task partially, - Sub-quality score analysis of the rating scheme categories of transparency, quality of evidence, and usability, - Characterization of web-based information sources, - Correlational analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and quality scores, - Self-evaluation of search skills by the participants, - Assessment of the time needed to perform the search task.	—

Measure

Time frame

- Subgroup analysis of quality scores of participants, who completed the entire information search task and who at least completed the search task partially, - Sub-quality score analysis of the rating scheme categories of transparency, quality of evidence, and usability, - Characterization of web-based information sources, - Correlational analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and quality scores, - Self-evaluation of search skills by the participants, - Assessment of the time needed to perform the search task.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactThilo Bertsche

Klinische Pharmazie, Institut für Pharmazie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig

thilo.bertsche@uni-leipzig.de+49 341 - 97 11800

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026