Medical Illustration Design Characteristic Evaluation
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Medical Illustration design.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Healthy. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Advancing Medical Illustration in Patient Education Materials: From Art to Science. Study 1: Medical Illustration Design Characteristic Evaluation
Overview
The goal of this study is to understand what people understand from medical illustrations, and what meaning and emotions (such as anxiety) they derive from different design elements.
Detailed description
The investigators will conduct cognitive interviews to understand the meaning laypersons obtain from different illustrations, their opinions on illustration styles, and their level of anxiety after viewing illustrations.
The investigators will also study the effect of systematically varying medical illustration designs on layperson understanding and anxiety.
Interventions
- Other Medical Illustration design
We will test 10 binary design variants for medical illustrations (for example, with and without cut-away, with and without text labels, etc). Specific variants to be identified during first task of project.
Primary outcome measures
- Knowledge [Time frame: Baseline and 30 minutes]
- State Anxiety scale from State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [Time frame: 30 minutes]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Satisfaction with the medical illustration [Time frame: 30 minutes]
- Reading Effort [Time frame: 30 minutes]
- Acceptability [Time frame: 30 minutes]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Over 18 years old
- Speaks English or Spanish fluently
- Is able to independently consent
- Has adequate corrected vision to read patient education documents
Exclusion criteria
\* None
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- Tufts Medical Center — Boston
- Northeastern University — Boston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06435806 · 427440