ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2012
Using visual aids to improve communication of risks about health: a review.
Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Information Visualizations to Facilitate Patient-provider Communication in HIV Care: Info Viz HIV
Information Visualizations to Facilitate HIV-related Patient-provider Communication in New York City (Info Viz: HIV-NYC)
Information Visualizations to Facilitate Clinician-patient Communication in HIV Care (Info Viz: HIV)
Peer Comparison-based Risk Communication (PRICOM): A Study Protocol to Evaluate the Feasibility of Delivering a Risk Communication Intervention in the Primary Care Setting for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Empowering patient choice: a systematic review of decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia.BJU international · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of different visual presentations on the comprehension of prognostic information: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Pooled it
- Information visualizations of symptom information for patients and providers: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Discrete-Choice Experiments and Conjoint Analysis Studies in People with Multiple Sclerosis.The patient · 2018Pooled it
- Do health information technology self-management interventions improve glycemic control in medically underserved adults with diabetes? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2017Pooled it
- Visualization approaches to support healthy aging: A systematic review.Journal of innovation in health informatics · 2016Pooled it
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- Narrative visualizations: Depicting accumulating risks and increasing trust in data.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Patient decision-making in the era of transcarotid artery revascularization.Journal of vascular surgery · 2024Article
- A pilot test of an infographic-based health communication intervention to enhance patient education among Latino persons with HIV.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
- Designing an infographic webtool for public health.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
- Helping Patients Understand Their Dizziness: Assessment of a Three-Dimensional Printed Vestibular Model.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Reaching a Tipping Point: A Qualitative Exploration of Quality of Life and Treatment Decision-Making in People Living With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
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- Visual aids in ambulatory clinical practice: Experiences, perceptions and needs of patients and healthcare professionals.PloS one · 2022Article
- Clinician Use of HIV-Related Infographics During Clinic Visits in the Dominican Republic is Associated with Lower Viral Load and Other Improvements in Health Outcomes.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- How to optimize the design and implementation of risk prediction tools: focus group with patients with IgA nephropathy.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Patient preferences for visualization of longitudinal patient-reported outcomes data.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2020Article
- Helping Hispanic Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia "Get the Picture" About Health Status Through Tailored Infographics.The Gerontologist · 2019Article
- Evaluation of Food Labeling Policy in Korea: Analyzing the Community Health Survey 2014-2017.Journal of Korean medical science · 2019Article
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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.
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