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Fact Boxes: What gets through? A focus group study.

Pascal Aubertin¹, Jana Hinneburg¹, Laura Hille¹

¹Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Medicine - Institute for Health and Nursing Science, Halle (Saale), Germany.

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Piloting a new antibiotic fact box revealed initial understanding issues, but iterative revisions led to a well-understood decision aid. This supports evidence-based health information guidelines.

Keywords:

Fact box Faktenbox Focus group Fokusgruppe Gesundheitsinformation Health information

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Area of Science:

Health Communication
Patient Education
Medical Decision Making

Background:

Fact boxes aim to present medical treatment benefits and side effects clearly.
Existing evidence on fact box effectiveness is limited, and German fact boxes vary.
Systematic piloting of fact boxes is rarely performed.

Purpose of the Study:

To pilot the "Antibiotics for acute bronchitis" fact box to assess its feasibility as a format.
To identify areas for improvement in comprehensibility and usability.

Main Methods:

Recruited adults (>18 years) via print and online media, considering demographics for sampling.
Conducted semi-structured focus group interviews, audio-recorded and transcribed.
Analyzed data using content analysis according to Mayring.

Main Results:

Initial focus groups (28 participants) indicated poor understanding of numerical data and technical terms.
The fact box's objective and target audience were unclear initially.
Iterative revisions based on focus group feedback improved understanding and established feasibility.

Conclusions:

An iterative revision process resulted in a final fact box version that was well understood.
The revised fact box was perceived as a valuable decision aid for patients.
Supports the guideline for piloting evidence-based health information before dissemination.