Table 4 Clusters based on the risk information presented to patients – InCRisC (N=2094)
Formats used to communicate risk information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Numerical absolute risk n=1490 (71.2%) | Verbal formulation absolute risk n=893 (42.6%) | Numerical relative risk n=916 (43.7%) | Negative framing n=1398 (66.8%) | |||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Cluster 1: “No Verbal formulation & no Relative Risk mentioned” (n=368) | 368 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 368 | (100.0) |
Cluster 2: “No negative framing” (n=717) | 479 | (66.8) | 249 | (34.7) | 280 | (39.1) | 21 | (2.9) |
Cluster 3: “No Verbal Formulation” (n=267) | 267 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 267 | (100.0) | 267 | (100.0) |
Cluster 4: “Risks presented in all 4 ways” (n=376) | 376 | (100.0) | 376 | (100.0) | 157 | (41.8) | 376 | (100.0) |
Cluster 5: “Absolute numerical risks not presented” (n=366) | 0 | (0.0) | 268 | (73.2) | 212 | (57.9) | 366 | (100.0) |
GPs (n=1189) | 830 | (69.8) | 475 | (39.9) | 463 | (38.9) | 743 | (62.5) |
BS (n=905) | 660 | (72.9) | 418 | (46.2) | 453 | (50.0) | 655 | (72.4) |