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A randomised trial ForJournal: peerBMJ Open review only Manuscript ID bmjopen-2020-043444 Article Type: Original research Date Submitted by the 07-Aug-2020 Author: Complete List of Authors: Rostadmo, Martine; Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Strømme, Siri Lunde; The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Box 1152 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway Nylenna, Magne; University of Oslo, Box 1171, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway; The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Box 222 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, Norway Gulbrandsen, Pal; University of Oslo, Box 1171, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine; HØKH, Akershus University Hospital, Box 1000, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway Hem, Erlend; University of Oslo, Box 1171 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway, Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine; Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4956 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway, Division of Mental Health and Addiction http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ Skovlund, E; Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Department of Public Health and Nursing Brean, Are; The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Box 1152 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway; The Norwegian Academy of Music, Box 5190 Majorstuen, 0302 Oslo, Norway Orstavik, Ragnhild; The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Box 1152 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway; The Norwegian Institute of Public health, Box 222 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, Norway Health economics < HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION & on October 1, 2021 by guest. 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Downloaded from 5 6 7 Authors' names: 8 9 Martine Rostadmo (0000-0003-3401-5203), Siri Lunde Strømme (0000-0002-9566-0954), Magne 10 Nylenna (0000-0002-5180-1225), Pål Gulbrandsen (0000-0001-7434-5392), Erlend Hem (0000-0002- 11 1845-1147), Eva Skovlund (0000-0002-2997-6141), Are Brean (0000-0001-5683-5099), Ragnhild 12 13 Ørstavik (0000-0003-2640-3273) 14 15 Authors' addresses and positions: 16 17 The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Box 1152 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway 18 For peer review only 19 Martine Rostadmo 20 21 Editor 22 23 24 The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, Box 1152 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, Norway 25 26 Siri Lunde Strømme 27 28 Scientific Editor 29 30 31 University of Oslo, Box 1171, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway 32 33 The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Box 222 Skøyen, 0213 Oslo, Norway 34 35 Magne Nylenna 36 37 Professor http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 38 39 40 Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Box 1171, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway 41 42 HØKH, Akershus University Hospital, Box 1000, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway 43 44 Pål Gulbrandsen 45 on October 1, 2021 by guest. 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Protected copyright. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml BMJ Open Page 4 of 18 3 1 2 3 How well do doctors understand a scientific article in English when it is not their first 4 BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043444 on 10 June 2021. Downloaded from 5 language? A randomised trial 6 7 8 Abstract 9 Introduction 10 11 English is the lingua franca of science. How well doctors understand English is therefore crucial for 12 their understanding of scientific articles. However, only 5 % of the world's population have English as 13 their first language. 14 15 Methods 16 17 Objectives: To compare doctors' comprehension of a scientific article when read in their first 18 language (Norwegian)For versus their peer second language review (English). Ouronly hypothesis was that doctors 19 reading the article in Norwegian would comprehend the content better than those reading it in 20 English.