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| Title |
Improving understanding of clinical trial procedures among low literacy populations: an intervention within a microbicide trial in Malawi
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-13-29 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul M Ndebele, Douglas Wassenaar, Esther Munalula, Francis Masiye |
| Abstract |
The intervention reported in this paper was a follow up to an empirical study conducted in Malawi with the aim of assessing trial participants' understanding of randomisation, double-blinding and placebo use. In the empirical study, the majority of respondents (61.1%; n=124) obtained low scores (lower than 75%) on understanding of all three concepts under study. Based on these findings, an intervention based on a narrative which included all three concepts and their personal implications was designed. The narrative used daily examples from the field of Agriculture because Malawi has an agro-based economy. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Peru | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 21% |
| Researcher | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
| Psychology | 7 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 21% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 February 2013.
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#16,099,609
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#836
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#117,917
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#11
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