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To review clinical literature examining how the manipulation and framing of risk and benefit information impact patient decision-making and health outcomes.

January 1, 2001Journal of Health Communication

Presenting Risk Information A Review of the Effects of Framing and other Manipulations on Patient Outcomes

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AEA EdwardsSwansea University

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Review reveals risk presentation formats alter healthcare decisions in clinical populations, indicating communication framing directly influences treatment choices and screening uptake.

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To review clinical literature examining how the manipulation and framing of risk and benefit information impact patient decision-making and health outcomes.
Reviewed clinical studies investigating manipulations of risk and benefit information presentation.
Assessed presentation categories including relative versus absolute risk, gain versus loss framing, data volume, and numerical versus verbal formats.
The presentation format significantly influenced patient decisions, with the largest effects observed when presenting relative risk rather than absolute risk data.
Loss framing was more effective in increasing screening uptake than gain framing (odds ratio 1.18 [95% CI 1.01–1.38]).
Providing more understandable and comprehensive risk information improved patient knowledge and increased caution regarding accepting treatments or participating in trials.

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A Edwards (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10d239ba20d9a181ee576b https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730150501413

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Review reveals risk presentation formats alter healthcare decisions in clinical populations, indicating communication framing directly influences treatment choices and screening uptake.

Presenting Risk Information A Review of the Effects of Framing and other Manipulations on Patient Outcomes

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Presenting Risk Information A Review of the Effects of Framing and other Manipulations on Patient Outcomes

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