评估定量和定性风险信息可视化对理解假设基于风险的乳腺癌查结果的影响
Inge S van Strien-Knippenberg1, Danielle R M Timmermans1, Maaike Weber1
1Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Center.
Health communication
|November 10, 2025
概括
与文本相比,可视化并没有改善对乳腺癌查风险信息的理解. 了解挑战仍然存在,特别是对于非平均风险类别,无论信息格式如何.
科学领域:
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 医疗决策的制定 医疗决策的制定
- 风险感知 风险感知
背景情况:
- 基于风险的乳腺癌查结果的有效沟通对于知情决策至关重要.
- 视觉化越来越多地被探索,以提高对复杂健康信息的理解.
- 之前的研究表明,不同通信格式的有效性各不相同.
研究的目的:
- 评估视觉辅助工具 (图标阵列,图纸) 与纯文本格式相比,能否提高对乳腺癌风险信息的理解.
- 评估不同信息格式 (文本与数字,文本与可视化,交互) 对理解数值和定性风险数据的影响.
- 检查乳腺癌风险类别如何影响理解.
主要方法:
- 一个在线实验,包括1047名来自荷兰普通人口的40-74岁的女性.
- 一个主体间的设计,有三个信息格式 (文字与数字,文本与风险可视化,交互式) 和四个风险类别 (略有下降,平均,略有增加,增加).
- 主要结果测量了对数值和定性风险信息的字面和基本理解.
主要成果:
- 在"带有风险可视化的文本"和"带有数字的文本"格式之间,没有发现理解的显著差异.
- 与"文字与数字"格式相比",交互式"格式显示数字和定性风险信息的字面理解程度较差.
- 不属于平均风险类别的参与者对文字和基本内容的理解能力较差.
结论:
- 与标准文本格式相比,测试的可视化图像并没有提高对基于风险的乳腺癌查结果的理解.
- 了解复杂的风险信息仍然是一个挑战,特别是在平均风险类别之外的个人.
- 未来的研究应该探索替代或改进的可视化策略,并考虑个体在风险感知和识字方面的差异.
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