Open AccessCommunicating Treatment Risk Reduction to People With Low Numeracy Skills: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Author(s) -
Rocío GarcíaRetamero,
Mirta Galešić
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.160234
Subject(s) - numeracy , neglect , icon , comprehension , psychology , probabilistic logic , perception , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , literacy , programming language , neuroscience
We sought to address denominator neglect (i.e. the focus on the number of treated and nontreated patients who died, without sufficiently considering the overall numbers of patients) in estimates of treatment risk reduction, and analyzed whether icon arrays aid comprehension.