Daniel Semakula|Allen Nsangi|Andrew D Oxman|Matt Oxman|Astrid Austvoll?Dahlgren|Sarah Rosenbaum|Angela Morelli|Claire Glenton|Simon Lewin|Margaret Kaseje|Iain Chalmers|Atle Fretheim|Doris Tove Kristoffersen|Nelson K. Sewankambo
Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a randomised controlled trial
Makerere University|University of Oslo|Makerere University|University of Oslo|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|South African Medical Research Council|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Great Lakes University of Kisumu|University of Oslo|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Norwegian Institute of Public Health|Makerere University
part informed health choices project developed podcast called health choices programme help improve ability people assess claims benefits harms treatments aimed evaluate effects podcast ability parents primary school children uganda assess claims effects treatmentswe randomised controlled trial central uganda recruited parents children aged 1012 years fifth year school 35 schools participating linked trial informed health choices primary school resources parents randomly allocated 11 via webbased random number generator block sizes four six listen either informed health choices podcast intervention group typical public service announcements health issues control group randomisation stratified parents highest level formal education attained primary school secondary school tertiary education allocation childrens school trial primary school resources intervention vs control primary outcome measured listening entire podcast mean score proportion parents passing scores test two multiple choice questions nine key concepts essential assessing claims treatments 18 questions total intentiontotreat analyses trial registered pan african clinical trial registry number pactr201606001676150we recruited parents july 21 2016 oct 7 2016 randomly assigned 675 parents podcast group n334 public service announcement group n341 561 83 participants completed followup mean score parents podcast group 678 sd 196 compared 524 176 control group adjusted mean difference 155 95 ci 125186 p00001 podcast group 203 71 288 parents predetermined passing score 11 18 correct answers compared 103 38 273 parents control group adjusted difference 34 95 ci 2641 p00001 adverse events reportedlistening informed health choices podcast led large improvement ability parents assess claims effects treatments future studies assess longterm effects use podcast effects actual health choices outcomes transferable findings countriesresearch council norway