ArticleEpilepsy & behavior : E&B2011
Numeracy and framing bias in epilepsy.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mathematics Skills in Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Antiseizure medication withdrawal risk estimation and recommendations: A survey of American Academy of Neurology and EpiCARE members.Epilepsia open · 2023Article
- Antiseizure Medication Withdrawal Practice Patterns: A Survey Among Members of the American Academy of Neurology and EpiCARE.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2023Article
- Best-worst scaling preferences among patients with well-controlled epilepsy: Pilot results.PloS one · 2023Article
- Education and Message Framing Increase Willingness to Undergo Research Lumbar Puncture: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- Health numeracy in Japan: measures of basic numeracy account for framing bias in a highly numerate population.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2012Article
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Abstract
Patients with epilepsy are frequently confronted with complex treatment decisions. Communicating treatment risks is often difficult because patients may have difficulty with basic statistical concepts (i.e., low numeracy) or might misconceive the statistical information based on the way information is presented, a phenomenon known as "framing bias." We assessed numeracy and framing bias in 95 adults with chronic epilepsy and explored cognitive correlates of framing bias. Compared with normal controls, patients with epilepsy had significantly poorer performance on the Numeracy scale (P=0.02), despite a higher level of education than normal controls (P<0.001). Compared with patients with higher numeracy, patients with lower numeracy were significantly more likely to exhibit framing bias. Abstract problem solving performance correlated with the degree of framing bias (r=0.631, P<0.0001), suggesting a relationship between aspects of executive functioning and framing bias. Poor numeracy and susceptibility framing bias place patients with epilepsy at risk for uninformed decisions.
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