Showing posts with label cochrane consumer network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cochrane consumer network. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
abstract: Presenting the Results of Cochrane Systematic Reviews to a Consumer Audience: A Qualitative Study
Results. Participants preferred results presented as words, supplemented by numbers in a table. There was a lack of understanding regarding the difference between a review and an individual study, that the effect is rarely an exact number, that evidence can be of low or high quality, and that level of quality is a separate issue from intervention effect.
Conclusion. Through testing and iteration the authors identified and addressed several problems, using explanations, rephrasing, and symbols to present scientific concepts. Other problems remain, including how best to present confidence intervals and continuous outcomes. Future research should also test information elements in combination rather than in isolation. The new Plain Language Summary format is being evaluated in a randomized controlled trial.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
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