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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Health Literacy
  • Surgical Practice

Background:

  • Effective evidence-based medicine requires surgeons to understand and communicate health-related numerical data.
  • Risk literacy, encompassing numeracy and risk comprehension, is crucial for surgical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess numeracy and surgical risk comprehension among surgeons.
  • To investigate the impact of visual aids on risk comprehension, particularly for surgeons with limited numeracy.

Main Methods:

  • 292 surgeons from 60 countries evaluated randomized controlled trial results on post-surgical side-effects.
  • Participants' numeracy and risk comprehension were assessed.
  • Information was presented either numerically or visually to compare comprehension accuracy and deliberation time.

Main Results:

  • Low numeracy levels were observed in some surgeons, hindering correct interpretation of surgical risks.
  • Visual aids improved risk transparency, bridging understanding gaps between surgeons with varying numeracy levels.
  • Less numerate surgeons demonstrated increased deliberation time when presented with visual risk information.

Conclusions:

  • Visual aids offer an effective and economical method to enhance risk comprehension and clinical judgment in surgeons with limited numerical and statistical skills.
  • Simple, transparent graphical representations of health data can unobtrusively support informed decision-making in healthcare professionals.