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Using visual aids to improve communication of risks about health: a review

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dc.contributor.author Garcia-Retamero, Rocio
dc.contributor.author Okan, Yasmina
dc.contributor.author Cokely, Edward T.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-24T07:05:12Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-24T07:05:12Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.citation Garcia-Retamero R, Okan Y, Cokely ET. Using visual aids to improve communication of risks about health: a review. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:562637. DOI: 10.1100/2012/562637
dc.identifier.issn 2356-6140
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55918
dc.description.abstract 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.
dc.description.sponsorship These studies are part of the projects ‘‘Helping People with Low Numeracy to Understand Medical Information,’’ funded by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making (United States) and the Max Planck Society (Germany), “How to Improve Understanding of Risks about Health (PSI2008-02019),” funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain), “Helping Doctors and Their Patients Make Decisions about Health (PSI2011-22954)” funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain), and “Strategies to Improve Comprehensions of Risks about Health” (Proyecto de Movilidad; Acciones Integradas) funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain).
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Hindawi
dc.relation.ispartof The Scientific World Journal. 2012;2012:562637.
dc.rights © 2012 Rocio Garcia-Retamero et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.other Material visual
dc.subject.other Comunicació en medicina
dc.title Using visual aids to improve communication of risks about health: a review
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/562637
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2008-02019
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2011-22954
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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