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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2023

The association between research design and the perceived treatment effectiveness: a cross-sectional study.

Nensi Bralić, Ivan Buljan

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nensi BralićDepartment of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.
Ivan BuljanFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Split, Split, Croatia.
University of Split · HR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the impact of research design on the perceived medical treatment effectiveness among researchers, healthcare workers (HCWs) and consumers in Croatia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2021 to February 2022 using an online survey. The participants were researchers, HCWs and consumers from Croatia. The survey had six scenarios about the same medical treatment presented within different study designs and in random order. Participants were asked to assess on a scale from 1 to 10 if the descriptions presented a sufficient level of evidence to conclude that the treatment was effective. Results: For researchers ( Conclusion: There is a need to implement educational courses on basic research methodology in lower levels of education and as part of Continuing Medical Education for all stakeholders in the healthcare system. Trial registration: this study has been registered on the Open Science Framework prior to study commencement (https://osf.io/t7xmf).

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PMID38196834
PMCPMC10774223
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