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Risk communication and older people
— understanding of probability and risk information by medical inpatients aged 75 years and older | | Author(s) | Richard Fuller, Nigel Dudley, Jon Blacktop |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 6, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 473-476 |
| Keywords | In-patients ; At risk ; Cognitive processes ; Probability theory. |
| Annotation | Understanding risk and probability is a cornerstone of informed consent, but doctors should not assume that older patients understand risk and probability information. Responses to a questionnaire to 50 inpatients aged 75+ on elderly medical wards at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary suggest that older people understand percentage probability better than fractional probability. A wide range of responses indicated significant over- and underestimation of probabilities. Visual data about percentages were well-received and understood, and were perceived as a good idea by participants. Thus, visual aids can help people to understand risk and probability, and should be developed for clinical practice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020121207 A |
| Classmark | LF7: CA3: DA: 3YC |
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