A simple tool for communicating the benefits and harms of health interventions: A guide for creating a fact box (2016)
Abstract
One of the major hurdles to promoting informed decision making in health is the continued use of poor risk presen- tation formats. This article offers a guide to develop a Fact Box, a simple decision tool to present data about the benefits and harms of treatments that has been demon- strated to improve understanding of health risks, an important part of risk literacy. The article offers guidance about how to determine the evidence basis for a health topic, select outcomes to report, extract and present num- bers or outcomes, and design the layout. The guide also addresses potential challenges for summarizing evidence and provides alternatives for addressing issues related to missing, insufficient, imprecise, or conflicting evidence and for dealing with issues related to statistical and clini- cal significance. The guide concludes with details on how to document the development of the Fact Box for the purpose of transparency and reproducibility. Fact Boxes are an efficient tool to promote risk literacy and should be available in every physician’s office. Key words: risk communication; informed decision making; evidence- based medicine. (MDM Policy & Practice 2016;1: 1–10) T
Bibliographic entry
McDowell, M., Rebitschek, F. G., Gigerenzer, G., & Wegwarth, O. (2016). A simple tool for communicating the benefits and harms of health interventions: A guide for creating a fact box. MDM Policy & Practice, 1:2381468316665365. doi:10.1177/2381468316665365 (Full text)
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| Publication year | 2016 | |
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
| External URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2381468316665365 View | |
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