OTAKU: OrthoEvidence Trial Assessing Japanese Knowledge Updates
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to clarify whether providing translated evidence summary (Advanced Clinical Evidence (ACE) reports from OrthoEvidence) will increase the access to the summary compared to providing the original version of evidence summary among Japanese orthopaedic surgeons
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Detailed Description
The investigators will conduct the survey regarding baseline characteristics, barriers and familiality to evidence-based medicine by online. After the survey, the participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the original version of ACE reports or Japanese version of ACE reports. The pdf of each ACE report will be provided to the participants through an email link. Twenty reports will be sent over 4 weeks period. After that, the investigators will conduct another survey regarding the reports.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Japanese group Participants who will receive Japanese-translated version of evidence summaries |
Other: Japanese-translated evidence summaries (Advanced Clinical Evidence report from OrthoEvidence)
Participants will receive emails with the link to Japanese-translated version of evidence summaries.
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| Active Comparator: English group Participants who will receive English version of evidence summaries |
Other: English evidence summaries (Advanced Clinical Evidence report from OrthoEvidence)
Participants will receive emails with the link to English version of evidence summaries.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Number of access to evidence summaries [Four weeks (28 days) after the commencement of the trial]
Total number of access to evidence summaries
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Self-rated score of understanding the contents of the provided materials [Within four weeks after the end of intervention]
Five-point Likert scale in understanding the contents of provided materials, evaluated by the participants (higher scores means better outcome)
- Self-rated score in changing their practice based on the contents of the materials [Within four weeks after the end of intervention]
Five-point Likert scale in changing their practice based on the contents of the materials evaluated by the participants (higher scores means better outcome)
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Member of Japanese Society for Fracture Repair (JSFR)
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Spend at least 20% of their time in clinical practice
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Non-native speaker of English
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Has regular access to internet
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Prefer to read Japanese-translated material, if there are both translated and English version of the same material.
Exclusion Criteria:
We will exclude surgeons who cannot provide informed consent.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | McMaster University | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | L8S 4E8 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- McMaster University
- Japanese Society for Fracture Repair
- OrthoEvidence
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kim Madden, PhD, McMaster University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Dahm P, Poolman RW, Bhandari M, Fesperman SF, Baum J, Kosiak B, Carrick T, Preminger GM; American Urological Association Membership. Perceptions and competence in evidence-based medicine: a survey of the American Urological Association Membership. J Urol. 2009 Feb;181(2):767-77. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.031. Epub 2008 Dec 16.
- Poolman RW, Sierevelt IN, Farrokhyar F, Mazel JA, Blankevoort L, Bhandari M. Perceptions and competence in evidence-based medicine: Are surgeons getting better? A questionnaire survey of members of the Dutch Orthopaedic Association. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 Jan;89(1):206-15.
- Sprague S, Smith C, Bhandari M. OrthoEvidence™: A Clinical Resource for Evidence-Based Orthopedics. Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2015 Jun 3;7(2):5762. doi: 10.4081/or.2015.5762. eCollection 2015 Jun 3.
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