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The investigators will conduct a parallel two-armed, non-inferiority randomized trial comparing new alternative formats of summary of findings tables (SoF) tables with current formats. The investigators will contact Cochrane review users by email and will ask them to fill a questionnaire developed using the "Survey Monkey" online system. The survey will include questions about baseline information (demographic characteristics, background, number of visits to the Cochrane Library, familiarity with the GRADE system, etc.). Then, participants will be stratified (health professional, guideline developer, researcher) and randomly assigned to one of the two SoF table formats, either the alternative (Table A) or the current one (Table C). Participants will be asked to answer questions to determine understanding, accessibility, and satisfaction with the formats to which they were randomized. Finally, the investigators will show them the table format to which they were not initially allocated in order to test their preference for either one.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Alternative SoF | Experimental | Investigators will compare one SoF table with alternative formats (Table A) against one SoF table with the current formats (Table B). In both tables, the clinical question in terms of patients and setting, intervention, comparator, and outcomes informed by the tables, and the complementary information included as footnotes will be the same. The only differences between the current and alternative SoF table formats will be different methods to either show the same data in a different way or to provide complementary data to the one showed in the current format (i.e. supplementary data as risk difference). |
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| Current SoF | Active Comparator | Investigators will compare one SoF table with alternative formats (Table A) against one SoF table with the current formats (Table B). In both tables, the clinical question in terms of patients and setting, intervention, comparator, and outcomes informed by the tables, and the complementary information included as footnotes will be the same. The only differences between the current and alternative SoF table formats will be different methods to either show the same data in a different way or to provide complementary data to the one showed in the current format (i.e. supplementary data as risk difference). |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Alternative summary of findings table format | Other | Investigators will compare one SoF table with alternative formats (Table A) against one SoF table with the current formats (Table B). In both tables, the clinical question in terms of patients and setting, intervention, comparator, and outcomes informed by the tables, and the complementary information included as footnotes will be the same. The only differences between the current and alternative SoF table formats will be different methods to either show the same data in a different way or to provide complementary data to the one showed in the current format (i.e. supplementary data as risk difference). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Understanding of key findings | Investigators will frame multiple-choice questions about key concepts in the table with five response alternatives for each question and only one correct answer. Then, investigators will compare the proportion of correct answers between groups per question | 30 minutes |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Accessibility of information | This outcome will consider 3 domains: (1) how easy is to find critical information in the table, (2) how easy is to understand the information, and (3) whether the information is presented in a way that is helpful for decision-making. These three domains will be measured presenting to participants three statements to which they have to indicate the degree of agreement: "It was easy to find the information about the effects", "It was easy to understand the information", and "The information is presented in a way that would help me make a decision" using a 7-point Likert scale (1= I strongly disagree, 2= I disagree, 3= I somewhat disagree, 4= Not sure, 5= I somewhat agree, 6= I agree, and 7= I strongly agree). The outcome overall accessibility of information will be obtained as the average of responses for each domain, per participant. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Holger Schünemann, MD, MSc, PhD | McMaster University | Principal Investigator |
| Alonso Carrasco-Labra, DDS, MSc | McMaster University | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| McMaster University | Hamilton | Ontario | L8S 4K1 | Canada |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26791430 | Derived | Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Santesso N, Neumann I, Mustafa RA, Mbuagbaw L, Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta I, De Stio C, McCullagh LJ, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl JJ, Vandvik PO, Brozek JL, Akl EA, Bossuyt P, Churchill R, Glenton C, Rosenbaum S, Tugwell P, Welch V, Garner P, Guyatt G, Schunemann HJ. Improving GRADE evidence tables part 1: a randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in summary of findings tables with a new format. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;74:7-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.007. Epub 2016 Jan 11. | |
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| Current summary of findings table format | Other | Investigators will compare one SoF table with alternative formats (Table A) against one SoF table with the current formats (Table B). In both tables, the clinical question in terms of patients and setting, intervention, comparator, and outcomes informed by the tables, and the complementary information included as footnotes will be the same. The only differences between the current and alternative SoF table formats will be different methods to either show the same data in a different way or to provide complementary data to the one showed in the current format (i.e. supplementary data as risk difference). |
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| Overall satisfaction | It will be measured using a 7-point Likert scale with 3 anchors: 1= strongly dissatisfied, 4= neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 7= strongly satisfied, and it will be treated as a continuous outcome. Investigators will compare the means per group. | 30 minutes |
| Preference | This outcome taps the question: Between alternative (Table A) and current format (Table B) of SoF table, "which table does the user prefer?" It will be measured using a 5-point Likert scale (1= strongly prefer table B, 2= I prefer table B, 3= Both table A and B are good to me, 4= I prefer table A, 5= I strongly prefer table A), and it will be treated as continuous outcome. Investigators will describe the data obtained in each group. Other questions related to participants' preference for each alternative item will be included. | 30 minutes |
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| Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Santesso N, Neumann I, Mustafa RA, Mbuagbaw L, Ikobaltzeta IE, De Stio C, McCullagh LJ, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl JJ, Vandvik PO, Brozek JL, Akl EA, Bossuyt P, Churchill R, Glenton C, Rosenbaum S, Tugwell P, Welch V, Guyatt G, Schunemann H. Comparison between the standard and a new alternative format of the Summary-of-Findings tables in Cochrane review users: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Apr 16;16:164. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0649-6. |
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