Patients' interpretation of qualitative probability statements
Archives of Family MedicinePublished 1 November 1994
K. K. Woloshin
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The effect of context, experience, age, gender, race, occupation, and education on patients' numerical interpretation of probability terms and patient preferences for information about side effects is studied.
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When a physician uses qualitative probability statements, he or she must be sensitive to the patient's previous experience with that procedure or medication. Also, if one wants to convey the same potential rate of occurrence for major and minor side effects, then one needs to use different words for each.
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MathematicsMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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