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Table 2 Consent to therapy and self reported understanding of information given. Percentages in parentheses

From: Can postponement of an adverse outcome be used to present risk reductions to a lay audience? A population survey

 

Postponement of heart attack

 

1 month

6 months

12 months

2 years

4 years

8 years

Total

Consent to therapy

       

Yes

88 (39)

115 (52)

135 (56)

156 (64)

143 (67)

160 (73)

797 (58)

No

112 (50)

77 (35)

72 (30)

62 (25)

47 (22)

38 (17)

408 (30)

Too little information

26 (12)

28 (13)

36 (15)

26 (11)

24 (11)

22 (10)

162 (12)

Level of understanding

       

Not difficult

177 (78)

170 (77)

192 (79)

210 (86)

174 (81)

179 (81)

1102 (81)

A little difficult

35 (16)

32 (15)

37 (15)

29 (12)

26 (12)

28 (13)

187 (14)

Very difficult

11 (5)

11 (5)

8 (3)

4 (2)

6 (3)

11 (5)

57 (4)

Impossible to understand

3 (1)

7 (3)

6 (2)

1 (0)

8 (4)

2 (0)

27 (2)