Interpretation of Health News Items Reporting Results of Pre-clinical Studies With or Without Spin By French-speaking Population
Interpretation of Health News Items Reporting Results of Pre-clinical Studies With or Without Spin: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among French-speaking Population
調査の概要
詳細な説明
Health news is an important way to communicate updated medical research to the public. News items reporting the results of medical research attract a large audience. However, the quality of reporting in health news is questionable. The merits of a wide range of treatments and tests are overplayed and harms are underplayed. Several studies have shown the presence of spin (i.e., distorted presentation of study results) in health news. Distorted facts can be misleading and can affect the behaviour of physicians, healthcare providers and patients. However, little research has assessed whether spin can affect readers' interpretation of health news items.
Objective: To compare the interpretation of health news items reported with or without spin. News items reporting pre-clinical studies evaluating the effect of a pharmacological treatment that received high online public attention will be focused. "Spin" is defined as a misrepresentation of study results whatever the motive (intentionally or unintentionally) to highlight that the beneficial effect of the intervention in terms of efficacy and safety is greater than that shown by the results.
Hypothesis: The hypothesis of this study is that the spin can influence the reader's interpretation of health news items reporting results of pre-clinical studies.
Design: A randomized controlled trial
- Interventions: Health news items reporting results of pre-clinical studies with and without spin will be compared. A sample of health news items reporting the results of pre-clinical studies evaluating the effect of pharmacologic treatment and containing spin in the headline and text will be selected. Spin will be deleted in the selected news items and will be rewritten the news without spin.
- Participants: The participants will include French-speaking healthy population from Nutrinet santé.
- Sample size: For this RCT, the sample size will be 300 participants.
- Main outcome measures: The primary outcome will be participants' interpretation of the benefit of treatment after reading the news (What do you think is the probability that treatment X would be beneficial to patients? (scale, 0 [very unlikely] to 10 [very likely]).
- Expected results: This study will evaluate the impact of spin on the interpretation of news items reporting results of pre-clinical studies by French-speaking population.
- This study is approved by ethics review regulations by INSERM (CEEI-IRB): IRB00003888
研究の種類
段階
- 適用できない
連絡先と場所
研究場所
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Ile-de-france
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Paris、Ile-de-france、フランス、75004
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
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参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- Native French speakers who can read the news
Exclusion Criteria:
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研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか？
デザインの詳細
- 主な目的：他の
- 割り当て：ランダム化
- 介入モデル：並列代入
- マスキング：独身
武器と介入
参加者グループ / アーム |
介入・治療 |
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アクティブコンパレータ：スピンのあるニュース
動物実験の結果をスピンで報じるニュース記事。
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Interpretation of news items with spin
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実験的：スピンのないニュース
動物実験の結果をスピンなしで報告するニュース記事。
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Interpretation of news items without spin
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この研究は何を測定していますか？
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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Perception of beneficial effect of the treatment X. We ask participants, What do you think is the probability that treatment X would be beneficial to patients?
時間枠：As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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With the choices of answers on a 10 points Likert scale, (scale, 0 [very unlikely] to 10 [very likely])
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As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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二次結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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Perception of efficacy, safety, availability and clinical utility in existing clinical practice for the treatment X. We will ask the participants: What do you think is the size of the potential benefit for patients?
時間枠：As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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With the choice of answers on a 5 points scale, (scale, [none, small, moderate or large]) -- analysis none, small vs moderate, large
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As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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How safe do you think that treatment X would be for patients?
時間枠：As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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With the choices of answers on a 10 points Likert scale, (scale, 0 [very unsafe] to 10 [very safe])
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As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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Do you think this treatment should be offered to patients in the short term?
時間枠：As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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With the choices of answers on a 10 points Likert scale, (scale, 0 [absolutely no] to 10 [absolutely yes])
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As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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Do you think this treatment will make a difference in the existing clinical practice?
時間枠：As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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With the choices of answers on a 10 points Likert scale, (scale, 0 [absolutely no] to 10 [absolutely yes])
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As the intervention is assigned (reading the news item) i.e., 1-2 hours
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協力者と研究者
出版物と役立つリンク
便利なリンク
研究記録日
主要日程の研究
研究開始 (予想される)
一次修了 (予想される)
研究の完了 (予想される)
試験登録日
最初に提出
QC基準を満たした最初の提出物
最初の投稿 (実際)
学習記録の更新
投稿された最後の更新 (実際)
QC基準を満たした最後の更新が送信されました
最終確認日
詳しくは
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