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To tweet or not to tweet about schizophrenia systematic reviews (TweetSz): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Jayaram, Mahesh; Bodart, Angelique Y.M.; Sampson, Stephanie; Zhao, Sai; Montgomery, Alan A.; Adams, Clive E.

Authors

Mahesh Jayaram

Angelique Y.M. Bodart

Stephanie Sampson

Sai Zhao

Alan A. Montgomery

Clive E. Adams



Abstract

Introduction: The Cochrane Schizophrenia Group (CSzG) has produced and maintained systematic reviews of effects of interventions for schizophrenia and related illness. Each review has a Plain Language Summary (PLS), for those without specialised knowledge, and an abstract, which are freely available from The Cochrane Library (https://summaries.cochrane.org). Increasingly, evidence is being distributed using social media such as Twitter and Weibo (in China) alongside traditional publications.
Methods and analysis: In a prospective two-arm, parallel, open randomised controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation ratio, we will allocate 170 published systematic reviews into the intervention group (tweeting arm/Weibo arm) versus the control group (non-tweeting arm). Reviews will be stratified by baseline access activity, defined as high (?19 views per week, n=14), medium (4.3 to 18.99 views per week, n=72) or low (

Citation

Jayaram, M., Bodart, A. Y., Sampson, S., Zhao, S., Montgomery, A. A., & Adams, C. E. (in press). To tweet or not to tweet about schizophrenia systematic reviews (TweetSz): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 5, Article e00769. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007695

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 29, 2015
Online Publication Date Jul 9, 2015
Deposit Date Aug 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal BMJ Open
Electronic ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Article Number e00769
DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007695
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757330
Publisher URL http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/7/e007695

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