Effectiveness of a Checklist-Based Decision Aid for Evaluating Health Information on Instagram

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00041138

Enrollment

600

Registered

2026-07-28

Start date

2026-05-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Health misinformation on social media

Interventions

Group 1: Control group. Participants evaluate standardized Instagram posts containing health information without receiving the checklist intervention. Group 2: Passive intervention group. Participants

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 25 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescents and young adults aged 16–25 years with sufficient German language proficiency to complete the online questionnaire and who provided informed consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Failure to provide informed consent, missing primary outcome data, or failure of both pre-specified attention checks.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
WHAT Evaluation accuracy when assessing health information presented in standardized Instagram posts. WHEN Immediately after completion of the intervention during the same online study session. HOW Measured using standardized study materials. Evaluation accuracy is calculated as the number of correctly evaluated posts.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
-Evaluation confidence -Engagement discernment	—

Countries

Austria, Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRaffael Heiss

MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®

raffael.heiss@mci.edu+43 512 2070 7432

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026