Clinicians
Conditions
Interventions
Volunteers are directed to the DOCTOR study website specially made for this research. Once they register, participants will be automatically randomly assigned to either of the two arms (with overstate
With"
abstract exaggerates the abstract conclusion section in favor of intervention. "
Without"
group participants will read the abstract that was rewritten by investigators to remove the overstatement. We will select five abstracts from the pre-existing database of published reports in psy
group participants will read the abstract that was rewritten by investigators to remove the overstatement. For the control "
without"
arm, we will rewri
Sponsors
Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We will recruit volunteers among members of Japan Primary Care Association by invitation e-mails. Interested individuals can access to the DOCTOR study site via the link attached to the invitation e-mail. They are asked to give particulars and answer the screening questions and if they meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate, then they will proceed to the next page and start the session. The screening criteria are as follows: 1. A member of Japan Primary Care Association 2. Medical doctor 3. With clinical practice of more than 2 years 4. Currently in clinical practice 5. Have chance to get information on new clinical research/trials
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Medical doctors who mainly work at research laboratories or educational institutions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention discussed in the given abstract. The answers will be given on a scale of 0-10. 1.How likely do you think that Intervention A would be beneficial to patients? (0: not at all 10: very likely) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2. How likely do you think this conclusion is valid? (0: not at all 10: very likely) 3. How likely do you want to read the full text of this study? (0: not at all 10: very likely) 4. When you answered the above questions, which part of the abstract did you refer to the most? ( background / methods / results / conclusion) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKiyomi Shinohara
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior
Outcome results
None listed