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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03899168
Other study ID # AG5-2014-11-Tagging
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 14, 2014
Est. completion date November 14, 2014

Study information

Verified date March 2019
Source Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study examines whether people primarily want to confirm their prior attitudes in health-related information search, in an online environment using social tags for navigation. Participants were looking for information on the treatment of depression with antidepressants and psychotherapy. They were randomly assigned to two groups with either high or low credibility of the community who provides social tags, and two groups where participants' confidence in prior attitudes was heightened or lowered, and to two groups where either antidepressant tags were more popular or psychotherapy was more popular. The investigators measured attitude change toward the treatments and also navigation behavior.


Description:

In health-related, Web-based information searches, people should select information in line with expert (vs nonexpert) information, independent of their prior attitudes and consequent confirmation bias.

This study aimed to investigate confirmation bias in mental health-related information searches, particularly (1) if high confidence worsens confirmation bias, (2) if social tags eliminate the influence of prior attitudes, and (3) if people successfully distinguish high and low source credibility.

In total, 520 participants of a representative sample of the German Web-based population were recruited via a panel company. Among them, 48.1% (250/520) participants completed the fully automated study. Participants provided prior attitudes about antidepressants and psychotherapy. The investigators manipulated (1) confidence in prior attitudes when participants searched for blog posts about the treatment of depression, (2) tag popularity —either psychotherapy or antidepressant tags were more popular, and (3) source credibility with banners indicating high or low expertise of the tagging community. The investigators measured tag and blog post selection, and treatment efficacy ratings after navigation.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 520
Est. completion date November 14, 2014
Est. primary completion date November 14, 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 60 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

Online Population - Internet Browser, Representative Sample of Germans with respect to age and region

Exclusion Criteria:

No Internet Browser

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Social Tag Popularity
The relative size of treatment tags in a tag cloud was either larger for antidepressant treatments or psychotherapy treatments.
Confidence in Prior Attitudes
Participants thought back of situations in which they were either confident or doubtful about their own knowledge. This should elicit a mindset where participants are more or less confident about their own prior attitudes.
Source Credibility
The source credibility of the community that allegedly collected and labelled the blog posts was either high or low in terms of expertise. Either experts (high credibility) or first semester students (low credibility) did allegedly collect blog posts. This was indicated by banners on top of the navigation platform in the internet browser.

Locations

Country Name City State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Attitudinal Preference Score of Psychotherapy over Antidepressants The investigators constructed a questionnaire to measure the attitudinal preference of psychotherapy over antidepressant treatments of depressive disorders. On a 7-point likert scale, participants rate the degree of efficacy of antidepressant and psychotherapy treatments, on 8 items (e.g. item 1: "Antidepressants/Psychotherapy are/is effective in treating depression."). An index score for the degree of preference of psychotherapy is calculated by subtracting the average antidepressants score from the average psychotherapy treatment rating score for each participant. To analyse if attitudinal preferences predict the number of clicks on social tags and blog posts, the treatment preference score is entered in a logistic regression as predictor. Ratings are inquired at the beginning of the 1 hour study (prior attitudes), and at the end of the study (attitude change). Through study completion, an average of 1 hour. Prior to and after information search phase in the study.
Primary Count of clicks on antidepressant and psychotherapy treatment tags Both, psychotherapy and antidepressant tags can be clicked on, and are counted respectively. An index score will be calculated for each participant subtracting the sum of clicks on antidepressants from the sum of clicks on psychotherapy, to analyse if clicks are associated with the treatment preference measured by prior treatment attitudes. Through study completion, an average of 1 hour. During the information search phase in the study.
Primary Count of clicks on antidepressant and psychotherapy treatment blog posts Both, psychotherapy and antidepressant blog posts can be clicked on, and are counted respectively. An index score will be calculated for each participant subtracting the sum of clicks on antidepressants from the sum of clicks on psychotherapy, to analyse if clicks are associated with the treatment preference measured by prior treatment attitudes. Through study completion, an average of 1 hour. During the information search phase in the study.
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