Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39995777›Full record

ReviewMDM policy & practice

How Synthesis Tasks Are Affected by Probability Format: A Making Numbers Meaningful Systematic Review.

Natalie C Benda, Mohit M Sharma, Jessica S Ancker, Michelle Demetres, Diana Delgado, Stephen B Johnson, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher

Abstract readReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in MDM policy & practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Natalie C BendaColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-0243
Mohit M SharmaDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Jessica S AnckerDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3859-9130
Michelle DemetresSamuel J. Wood Medical Library, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Diana DelgadoSamuel J. Wood Medical Library, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Stephen B JohnsonDepartment of Population Health, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Brian J Zikmund-FisherDepartment of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4176

Funding

Making Numbers Meaningful: Promoting Evidence-based Communication of Numbers in HealthR01LM012964 · NLM · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI ANCKER, JESSICA S. · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NLM NIH HHS R01 LM012964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Highlights: This study found a moderate number of studies assessing strategies for evaluating sets of probabilities conveying information such as risks and benefits.Evidence is moderate that although presenting sets of probabilities in table versus sentences may not affect behavioral intentions, people may prefer tables.Contrary to previous studies about probability feelings, moderate evidence suggested that narratives may not affect effectiveness feelings.Evidence was insufficient to draw conclusions regarding contrast, identification, and trust outcomes, and no studies assessed recall, categorization, computation, or discrimination outcomes.

Indexed as

decision aidsevidence synthesisnumeracyrisk communicationrisk perceptionshared decision makingsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID39995777
PMCPMC11848887

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.