Use of Research Evidence Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effects of an Evidence Service on Community-based AIDS Service Organizations' Use of Research Evidence: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Verified date | December 2011 |
Source | Ontario HIV Treatment Network |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | Canada: Ethics Review Committee |
Study type | Interventional |
The investigators have developed an online database called 'Synthesized HIV/AIDS Research Evidence' (SHARE), which is designed to support the use of research evidence by those working in the HIV/AIDS sector. This study will evaluate whether a "full-serve" version of SHARE increases the use of research evidence by community-based organizations as compared to a "self-serve" version. The "full-serve" version of SHARE consists of several components: 1) an online searchable database of synthesized research evidence relevant to HIV/AIDS , 2) periodic emailed updates, 3) access to user-friendly summaries and 4) peer-relevance assessments. The self-serve version consists only of a listing of relevant synthesized research evidence . The investigators will also interview participants in the study to obtain feedback about SHARE, how helpful it was in their work, why it was helpful (or not helpful), what aspects were most and least helpful and why, and recommendations for improving it.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 58 |
Est. completion date | January 2013 |
Est. primary completion date | September 2012 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Both |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - We will include all community-based organizations affiliated with the Canadian AIDS Society and from relevant provincial HIV/AIDS networks in Canada. Exclusion Criteria: - We will exclude organizations that do not have at least one key decision-maker who is comfortable participating and corresponding in English. |
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
Country | Name | City | State |
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Canada | Ontario HIV Treatment Network | Toronto | Ontario |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Ontario HIV Treatment Network | McMaster University |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | number of logins/month/organization | The investigators will track utilization of the evidence service at the organizational level by calculating the mean number of logins/month/organization (the total organizational logins/month will be averaged across the number of users from each organization). | 6 months | No |
Secondary | Intention to use research evidence | The investigators will use the theory of planned behaviour to measure participants' intention to use research. Using a manual designed to construct measures based on the theory, colleagues have developed and sought preliminary feedback on a data-collection instrument by first assessing face validity through interviews with key informants and then pilot testing it with 28 policymakers and researchers who completed it after participating in a knowledge translation intervention. In addition, colleagues found the data-collection instrument to have moderate test-retest reliability. | Baseline and follow-up (after delivery of 6-month intervnetion) | No |
Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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Withdrawn |
NCT01307228 -
Effects of an Evidence Service on Health System Policymakers' Use of Research Evidence
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N/A |