Form 1 NLM NCBI CT Usability Survey

OMB Control Number: 0925-0648

Expiration Date: March 31, 2018

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not return the completed form to this address.

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1. What typically brings you to the ClinicalTrials.gov?

1. To look for a trial to participate in.

2. To look for trials for someone else to participate in.

3. To do research, or submit a study or results

4. Other:

2. Where would you go to find a study near you on diabetes?

   1. Find studies > New search

   2. Find studies > Advanced search

   3. Find studies > See studies by map

   4. Find studies > See studies by topic

3. You want to learn about what it’s like to participate in a clinical study before you start your search. Where would you go?

   1. About studies > Learn about studies

   2. Participating in clinical studies

4. You want to find out how the government is involved with clinical studies. Where would you go?

   1. About studies > Learn about studies > Who conducts clinical studies?

   2. Submit studies > Support materials > U.S. laws, regulations, and guidance

   3. About site > ClinicalTrials.gov background > What is ClinicalTrials.gov?

   4. About site > History, policies, and laws

   5. About site > Disclaimer

5. Your search for a study related to the condition “breast cancer” does not get you the search results you expect. Where would you go for help?

   1. Find studies > How to search > How to use search

   2. Find studies > How to search > How to use advanced search

   3. Find studies > How to search > How to modify a search

6. Your search returned a long list of studies, but you are not sure what all of the information on the search results page means. Where would you go for help using that page of search results?

   1. Find studies > How to use search results > Overview of the search results page

   2. Find studies > How to use search results > Customize your search results display

7. You want to use the advanced search to find a clinical study, but you’re not sure how it works. Where would you go for help?

   1. Find studies > How to search

   2. How to use advanced search

8. You’ve found a study that interests you, but you’re having trouble understanding the study description. Where would you go for help using the study description page ?

   1. Find studies > How to read a study record > Study record details

9. Where would you go to find out how to sign up for updates on studies that interest you?

   1. Find studies > How to use search results > Subscribe to search results

   2. Find studies > How to use search results > Download search results

   3. Resources > RSS feeds > RSS feed for a specific search

   4. Resources > RSS feeds > How to subscribe to a feed

10. You’re looking through ClinicalTrials.gov and there’s a term that is unfamiliar to you. Where would you go to look it up?

    1. About studies

    2. Glossary of common site terms