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To tweet or not to tweet about schizophrenia

Measuring the impact of tweeting Cochrane Schizophrenia Group systematic reviews

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN84658943
Enrollment
166
Registered
2013-12-09
Start date
2013-11-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-12-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia Mental and Behavioural Disorders Schizophrenia

Interventions

Intervention. Two groups of reviews, the Tweet group and the control or Non-tweet group. Systematic reviews in the Tweet group will have a link to their Plain Language Summary (PLS) in summaries.coc
a modified extract from the results or discussion sections of the abstract
a question formulated from the contents of the PLS. Randomisation: Cochrane Schizophrenia Group systematic reviews were paired (non-blinded) with similar reviews (based on subject rel

Sponsors

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Published full text Cochrane Schizophrenia Group (CSzG) systematic reviews that appear in thecochranelibrary.com and with a Plain Language Summary (PLS) in summaries.cochrane.org.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unpublished CSzG reviews 2. Published protocol CSzG reviews that appear in thecochranelibrary.com 3. Any CSzG review that is not relevant to schizophrenia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
All gathered using Google Analytics for each pair of reviews. 1. 'Unique page views' and 'Entrance' to PLS pages 2. 'Unique page views' for the external link to full Cochrane review in 'thecochranelibrary.com' The results, measured through Google Analytics, will be recorded one week after each review has been tweeted.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
All gathered using Google Analytics for each pair of reviews. 1. 'Page views' to PLS pages 2. 'Page views' for the external link to full Cochrane review in 'thecochranelibrary.com'

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026