Table 3 Website multilingualization, navigation and search
Assessment item | JPRN | CT.gov | ANZCTR | ReBec | ChiCTR | CRiS | RPCEC | EU CTR | DRKS | IRCT | ISRCTN | NTR | PACTR | SLCTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Multilingualization | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Multilingualization of website | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Multilingualization of contact information | Yes | – | – | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Multilingualization of clinical trial information | Yes | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Navigation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Includes ‘clinical trial’ in the global navigation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Global navigation includes the roles ‘patient’ and ‘health professionals’ | No | Partly | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Minimum number of clicks to access clinical trial information (patient) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Minimum number of clicks to access clinical trial information (health professional) | – | 1 | – | – | – | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Minimum number of clicks to access clinical trial information (practitioner) | – | 1 | – | – | – | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Easy access to clinical trial information | Yes | Yes | – | – | – | No | – | Partly | – | – | Yes | – | – | – |
Breadcrumb navigation | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Search | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Search for clinical trial information | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Optional search function for clinical trial information | Keywords, several conditions | Keywords, several conditions | Several conditions | Keywords, several conditions | Several conditions | Several conditions | Several conditions | Keywords, several conditions | Several conditions | Several conditions | Keywords | Several conditions | Keywords, several conditions | Several conditions |
Display contents of search results | 6 items | 4 items | 6 items | 4 items | 4 items | 2 items | 1 item | 13 items | 3 items | 1 item | 4 items | 3 items | 4 items | 1 item |
Overview display of search results for patients | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Clinical trial search for each specific disease area | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Information regarding past clinical trials | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Information regarding clinical trials conducted in other facilities | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Keyword shortcut to search | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |