The Effect of an Additional Structured Methods Presentation on Decision-Makers' Reading Time and Opinions on the Helpfulness of the Methods in a Quantitative Report: Nonrandomized Trial.

Adding a structured summary of information on research methods attracted attention from most participants, but did not increase the time spent on reading the methods or lead to increased perceptions that the methods section was helpful for decision-making. Participants made use of the summary to quickly judge the methods, but this did not increase the perceived relevance of this section.