Objective: The investigators aim to evaluate the impact of a adding a " limitations " section in systematic review's abstract on result's interpretation by readers Design: randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms. Participants will be invited to participate in an online survey. Participants: Eligible participants are corresponding authors of clinical trials published between 2010 and 2012 and referenced in Medline. Intervention: The investigators will evaluate the impact of the presence of a " limitations " section in abstract of systematic review with meta- analysis. The investigators selected abstracts of meta-analysis from a sample. Selected abstract will be standardised and the treatment's name hidden. Two groups of abstract will be presented as follow: 1) abstract without " limitations " section 2) abstract with " limitations " section. The " limitations " section will be written by authors and will briefly describe the risk of bias of included studies. Selected participant are invited by e-mail to answer the survey. After reading one abstract from his/her group of randomisation they are invited to answer 5 questions about their interpretation of the results.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
300
Unnamed facility
Paris, France
Confidence in the Results of the Systematic Review
we ask participants: "how confident are you in the results of this study?", with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale (score from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident )
Time frame: 1 month
Confidence With the Validity of the Conclusions
We ask participants: \- "How confident are you in the validity of the conclusions of this study?" with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident
Time frame: 1 month
Beneficial Effect of the Experimental Intervention
We ask participants: \- "How confident are you that the intervention "A" could be of benefit to patients?" with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident
Time frame: 1 month
Influence of Results on Clinical Practice
We ask participants: "How confident are you that the results of this study could influence your clinical practice?" with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident
Time frame: 1 month
The Rigor of the Systematic Review
We ask participants: "Do you think that this systematic review was conducted rigorously?" with the choice of answer based on a 10 points Likert scale from 0, not at all confident, to 10, very confident
Time frame: 1 month
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