Physicians' perception of alternative displays of clinical research evidence for clinical decision support - A study with case vignettes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To design alternate information displays that present summaries of clinical trial results to clinicians to support decision-making; and to compare the displays according to efficacy and acceptability.

Methods

A 6-between (information display presentation order) by 3-within (display type) factorial design. Two alternate displays were designed based on Information Foraging theory: a narrative summary that reduces the content to a few sentences; and a table format that structures the display according to the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework. The designs were compared with the summary display format available in PubMed. Physicians were asked to review five clinical studies retrieved for a case vignette; and were presented with the three di

SUBMITTER: Slager SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509533 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature