Communicating global cardiovascular risk: Are icon arrays better than numerical estimates in improving understanding, recall and perception of risk?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-402

  Ruiz, Jorge G ^a,b   Andrade, Allen D ^a,b   Garcia Retamero, Rocio ^c   Anam, Ramanakumar ^a   Rodriguez, Remberto ^d   Sharit, Joseph ^a,b,e  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Decision making; Graphical literacy; Health literacy; Icon arrays; Numeracy; Perception of risk; Visual aids

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ICON ARRAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TECHNICAL AID; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK; VETERAN;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; RISK; SELF EFFICACY; VETERANS;

EID: 84888372141     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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