Accessibility of the World Health Organization's eTB Catalogue of Recommendations
Accessibility of the World Health Organization's eTB Catalogue of Recommendations
The World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Programme (WHO-GTB) issues
 evidence-informed guideline recommendations on tuberculosis (TB). These recommendations are
 used by decision-makers, guideline developers and other stakeholders. In an effort to improve
 the accessibility and usability of these recommendations, a new eTB catalogue of
 recommendations has been developed. This study aims to compare the accessibility of the new
 eTB catalogue to the earlier method of accessing recommendations directed through the general
 WHO website.
This is a two-arm superiority randomized controlled trial. The primary objective is to
 compare the accessibility of information between the eTB catalogue (intervention) and WHO TB
 (comparison). Secondary outcomes include understanding of the information, satisfaction of
 catalogue presentation, and preference toward the catalogue. Current and potential users of
 TB recommendations will be recruited. Data will be collected using a survey with demographic
 questions and subsequent 1:1 randomization to the intervention. Superiority will be declared
 if the mean difference in accessibility is 0.5 or greater for the intervention arm on the
 seven-point Likert scale.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Stakeholders who consider themselves to be users or potential users of tuberculosis
 (TB) recommendations will be eligible for participation. For the purposes of this
 trial, a user is defined as someone who has previously accessed TB guidelines,
 recommendations or policy advice, and a potential user is someone who plans to access
 TB guidelines, recommendations, or policy advice in the future.

 -  Participants may be part of any group that has a stake in TB, including the public,
 healthcare providers, policymakers, or researchers. Participants may be from either
 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) or high-income countries (HIC).

 -  They may also vary in levels of education and previous TB work experience.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Individuals involved in eTB catalogue development.