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Table 2 Sensitivity analysis of threshold for margin of error and outcome measure

From: Oncologist use of the Adjuvant! model for risk communication: a pilot study examining patient knowledge of 10-year prognosis

Recurrence and mortality

Threshold (±)

Right before

Wrong before

Stayed right

Stayed wrong

Got right

Got wrong

Right after

Wrong after

McNemar p-value

5%

2

18

1

12

6

1

7

13

0.125

10%

4

16

3

6

10

1

13

7

0.012

Recurrence

5%

6

14

3

5

9

3

12

8

0.146

10%

9

11

7

3

8

2

15

5

0.109

Mortality

5%

5

15

4

9

6

1

10

10

0.125

10%

7

13

7

5

8

0

15

5

0.008

Recurrence or Mortality

5%

9

11

7

3

8

2

15

5

0.110

10%

12

8

11

2

6

1

17

3

0.125

  1. This table shows how results change moving from a ± 5% to a ± 10% accuracy threshold within an outcome measure, and how results change depending on which outcome measure is the focus of the analysis.