Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants in the study randomly assigned to each knowledge translation tool.
| Characteristic | Knowledge translation tool evaluated | Total (N=16) | ||||
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PLSa (n=5) | Blogb (n=5) | Wikic (n=6) |
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| Gender, n | ||||||
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Female | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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Male | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Parents’ age (years), n | ||||||
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20-30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
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31-40 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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41-50 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
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51+ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Number of children, n | ||||||
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1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
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2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Highest level of education, n | ||||||
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High school diploma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Some postsecondary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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Postsecondary degree | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
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Master’s | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
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PhD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Works in health care, n | ||||||
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Yes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Heard of Cochrane reviews, n | ||||||
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Yes | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Child has had AOMd, n | ||||||
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Yes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
aPLS: plain language summary.
bBlog: Blogshot.
cWiki: Wikipedia page.
dAOM: acute otitis media.