| How to reduce the effect of framing on messages about health. | |
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PMID: 20737295 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Patients must be informed about risks before any treatment can be implemented. Yet serious problems in communicating these risks occur because of framing effects. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of different information frames when communicating health risks to people with high and low numeracy and determine whether these effects can be countered or eliminated by using different types of visual displays (i.e., icon arrays, horizontal bars, vertical bars, or pies). DESIGN: Experiment on probabilistic, nationally representative US (n = 492) and German (n = 495) samples, conducted in summer 2008. OUTCOME MEASURES: Participants' risk perceptions of the medical risk expressed in positive (i.e., chances of surviving after surgery) and negative (i.e., chances of dying after surgery) terms. KEY RESULTS: Although low-numeracy people are more susceptible to framing than those with high numeracy, use of visual aids is an effective method to eliminate its effects. However, not all visual aids were equally effective: pie charts and vertical and horizontal bars almost completely removed the effect of framing. Icon arrays, however, led to a smaller decrease in the framing effect. CONCLUSIONS: Difficulties with understanding numerical information often do not reside in the mind, but in the representation of the problem. |
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Authors:
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Rocio Garcia-Retamero; Mirta Galesic |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-08-25 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of general internal medicine Volume: 25 ISSN: 1525-1497 ISO Abbreviation: J Gen Intern Med Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-11-22 Completed Date: 2011-09-30 Revised Date: 2011-12-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8605834 Medline TA: J Gen Intern Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1323-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. rretamer@ugr.es |
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Adult Aged Communication* Decision Making Female Germany / epidemiology Health Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Health Surveys / methods* Humans Male Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic / methods* Risk Factors United States / epidemiology |
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