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Abstract Diabetes behavior can be influenced by patients exploring diabetes topics that may lack scientific credibility. The question this study examines is whether a Google or Health on the Net (HON) internet search, presents websites that would incline a more or less likely recommendation to patients ? A preliminary trial suggests that referrers recommend websites based on rules that may prioritize website source over content. This study will qualitatively assess the rules that participants use in deciding which websites are more suitable than others.
Method The investigators will inject a diabetes related search term into a HON and a Google search engine. The top 5 mutually exclusive websites from each search engine will be presented to 5 people from three groups stratified across endocrinologists, informaticians and PCPs. Participants will rank the websites and then identify the rules that they applied to reach their decision.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Primary Care Physicians | |||
| Diabetologists |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Website Ranking | Primary care and diabetes clinicians' preference in a set of webpage search results on a visual analog scale (1-100) with 1 being the lowest preference and 100 being the highest. Rankings based on qualitative measures, such as perceived clinical relevance, perceived accuracy of content, and perceived timeliness of content. | Immediate |
| Search Engine Preference | Based on the results of primary outcome 1 (Website Ranking), preference for search engine was measured qualitatively between Google and Health-on-the-Net. | Immediate |
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Primary Care Physicians, Informaticians, Diabetologists
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Charles Safran, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Charles Safran | Brookline | Massachusetts | 02446 | United States |
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Primary Care Physicians | |
| FG001 | Diabetologists |
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| BG000 | Primary Care Physicians | |
| BG001 | Diabetologists | |
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| Title | Description | Population Description | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Denominator Units Selected | Denominators | Classes |
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| Age, Categorical | Count of Participants |
| Type | Title | Description | Population Description | Reporting Status | Anticipated Posting Date | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Time Frame | Units Analyzed | Denominator Units Selected | Arm/Group Information | Denominators | Classes | Analyses | |||
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| Primary | Website Ranking | Primary care and diabetes clinicians' preference in a set of webpage search results on a visual analog scale (1-100) with 1 being the lowest preference and 100 being the highest. Rankings based on qualitative measures, such as perceived clinical relevance, perceived accuracy of content, and perceived timeliness of content. | Participants were asked to rank 10 pages of website search results from Google and HoN search engines based on clinician preference. Clinicians were further asked for feedback and opinions on how they determined their ranking. Rankings of individual websites were done by visual analog scale, from 1-100, with 100 indicated as highly preferred. | Posted | Number | units on a scale | Immediate |
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Primary Care Physicians | 0 | 5 |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Charles Safran | BIDMC | 617-278-8170 | csafran@bidmc.harvard.edu |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003920 | Diabetes Mellitus |
| ID | Term |
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| D044882 | Glucose Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
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Total of all reporting groups
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| Sex: Female, Male | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Diabetologists |
Doctors Specialized in Diabetes |
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| Primary | Search Engine Preference | Based on the results of primary outcome 1 (Website Ranking), preference for search engine was measured qualitatively between Google and Health-on-the-Net. | Posted | Count of Participants | Participants | Immediate |
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| 5 |
| EG001 | Diabetologists | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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