The Effect of Different Financial Competing Interest Statements on Readers' Perceptions of Clinical Educational Articles

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1065 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-05-31

Brief Summary

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Financial ties with industry are common among doctors, academics and institutions. This trial aims to investigate the influence of different types of industry-linked activities on readers' perceptions of clinical reviews. Two clinical reviews have been selected on medical topics and study participants (practicing doctors) will be sent one review each. The reviews will be identical except for the inclusion of one of four different permutations of competing interest statements. Participants will be asked to rate the one review they are sent based on the study outcomes (confidence, interest, importance and likeliness to change practice). The study focus is on educational articles as these are intended to guide patient care and convey the authors' interpretation of selected data.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Review 1- competing interest statement 1

Variations of financial competing interest statements. There will be a statement that the authors have no competing interests.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 1- competing interest statement 2

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 1- competing interest statement 3

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 1- competing interest statement 4

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 2- competing interest statement 1

Variations of financial competing interest statements. There will be a statement that the authors have no competing interests.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 2- competing interest statement 2

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 2- competing interest statement 3

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Review 2- competing interest statement 4

Variations of financial competing interest statements.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Variations of financial competing interest statements

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Interventions

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Variations of financial competing interest statements

Participants will be randomised to receive 1 of 2 review articles on different topics. For each review there will be 4 groups. Each of the 4 groups will receive an identical version of the review article with the exception of the competing interest statement which will vary depending on group assignment.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Practising doctors in the UK who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and receive The BMJ will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

* BMA members who have opted out of receiving a free copy of The BMJ, public health doctors, consultant oral/dental surgeons, consultants in private practice, retired doctors and student members will be excluded.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes