Table 4 Subjects' opinion on comprehension of illustration formats
From: Improving bone mineral density reporting to patients with an illustration of personal fracture risk
| Easy to understand picture (percentage who picked as the easiest to understand) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow | Bar | Faces | Stoplight | No. missing | P-value | |
| Total (n = 124) | 19 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 0.06 |
| Gender, % | ||||||
| Female (n = 79) | 22 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 18 | |
| Male (n = 45) | 16 | 36 | 20 | 29 | ||
| Education, % | ||||||
| High school or less (n = 26) | 19 | 19 | 35 | 27 | 21 | |
| Some college (n = 42) | 17 | 45 | 21 | 17 | ||
| College graduate or more (n = 53) | 21 | 32 | 28 | 19 | ||
| Age,% | ||||||
| 50-59 (n = 48) | 23 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 18 | |
| 60-69 (n = 48) | 19 | 31 | 31 | 19 | ||
| 70+ (n = 28) | 14 | 39 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Site, % | ||||||
| Site A(n = 62) | 23 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 18 | |
| Site B (n = 62) | 16 | 36 | 34 | 15 | ||
| Race, % | ||||||
| White (n = 91) | 20 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 19 | |
| Black (n = 27) | 19 | 30 | 44 | 7 | ||
| Other (n = 5) | 20 | 20 | 40 | 20 | ||