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Using Visual Aids to Improve Communication of Risks about Health: A Review

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العنوان: Using Visual Aids to Improve Communication of Risks about Health: A Review
المؤلفون: Rocio Garcia-Retamero, Yasmina Okan, Edward T. Cokely
المصدر: The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2012 (2012)
بيانات النشر: Wiley, 2012.
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: LCC:Technology
LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Technology, Medicine, Science
الوصف: Recent research has shown that patients frequently experience difficulties understanding health-relevant numerical concepts. A prominent example is denominator neglect, or the tendency to pay too much attention to numerators in ratios (e.g., number of treated patients who died) with insufficient attention to denominators (e.g., overall number of treated patients). Denominator neglect can lead to inaccurate assessments of treatment risk reduction and thus can have important consequences for decisions about health. Here, we reviewed a series of studies investigating (1) different factors that can influence patients’ susceptibility to denominator neglect in medical decision making—including numerical or language-related abilities; (2) the extent to which denominator neglect can be attenuated by using visual aids; and (3) a factor that moderates the effectiveness of such aids (i.e., graph literacy). The review spans probabilistic national U.S. and German samples, as well as immigrant (i.e., Polish people living in the United Kingdom) and undergraduate samples in Spain. Theoretical and prescriptive implications are discussed.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1537-744X
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1537-744X
DOI: 10.1100/2012/562637
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/04ab1c56db724cdba464bf00f1e51a59
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.04ab1c56db724cdba464bf00f1e51a59
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1537744X
DOI:10.1100/2012/562637