Table 4 Mean probability assessments (plus standard deviations) for multiple diagnoses vignettes 1–3
From: Medicine in words and numbers: a cross-sectional survey comparing probability assessment scales
| Â | Â | vignette 1 | vignette 2 | vignette 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
option | scale | short list (n = 32) | long list (n = 54) | short list (n = 62) | long list (n = 24) | short list (n = 42) | long list (n = 44) |
| Â | verbal | 18 (4.8) | 31 (21.6) | 10 (8.6) | 9 (8.1) | 59 (26.7) | 50 (24.9) |
A | double | 24 (21.5) | 30 (14.7) | 9 (6.6) | 7 (5.6) | 59 (23.6) | 66 (20.2) |
| Â | numerical | 29 (22.7) | 28 (21.0) | 8 (4.6) | 4 (0.9) | 65 (26.9) | 61 (25.2) |
| Â | total | 25 (19.9) | 30 (19.3) | 9 (6.8) | 6 (5.2) | 62 (25.5) | 58 (24.0) |
| Â | verbal | 36 (20.4) | 28 (15.3) | 82 (13.9) | 89 (13.8) | 27 (10.3) | 28 (16.0) |
B | double | 28 (15.6) | 32 (18.1) | 75 (29.4) | 72 (23.1) | 19 (14.4) | 29 (16.9) |
| Â | numerical | 30 (22.4) | 26 (20.4) | 81 (9.6) | 80 (10.7) | 21 (14.5) | 26 (15.1) |
| Â | total | 31 (20.1) | 29 (17.4) | 79 (21.1) | 78 (18.8) | 22 (13.4) | 28 (15.8) |
| Â | verbal | 63 (22.4) | 121 (36.3) | 32 (17.7) | 96 (25.3) | 46 (29.3) | 128 (50.4) |
O | double | 76 (15.2) | 130 (39.0) | 37 (26.8) | 85 (31.4) | 39 (23.7) | 108 (38.9) |
| Â | numerical | 63 (12.9) | 117 (53.5) | 28 (26.6) | 74 (66.0) | 30 (24.6) | 88 (60.2) |
| Â | total | 66 (16.3) | 123 (41.7) | 33 (24.2) | 84 (43.2) | 37 (26.1) | 112 (50.6) |