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    • Medical decision making
    • Patient education

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    • Effective risk and benefit communication is essential for shared patient decision-making.
    • Clear communication strategies enhance patient understanding and outcomes.

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    • To review the comparative effectiveness of methods for communicating probabilistic information to patients.
    • To identify communication strategies that maximize cognitive and behavioral outcomes.

    Main Methods:

    • Systematic review of studies published from 1966 to 2014.
    • Inclusion of prospective or cross-sectional studies comparing probabilistic information communication methods.
    • Data extraction and risk of bias assessment by two independent reviewers.

    Main Results:

    • Visual aids like icon arrays and bar graphs enhance patient understanding and satisfaction.
    • Absolute risk reduction formats are superior to relative risk reductions for accuracy and decision-making.
    • Presentations using 'numbers needed to treat' decrease patient understanding.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual aids and absolute risk formats improve comprehension of probabilistic health information.
    • While study heterogeneity exists, several effective communication methods are available.
    • Clinicians can utilize these evidence-based strategies to improve patient communication.