Baseline risk communication preferences (n=193)
Unaffected (%)* (n=109) | Affected (%)† (n=84) | |
---|---|---|
*Unaffected with breast cancer; | ||
†affected with breast cancer. | ||
Did women want their risk communicated in words or numbers? | ||
Words | 22.1 | 17.9 |
Numbers | 50.0 | 19.2 |
Words and numbers | 18.3 | 53.8 |
No preference | 9.6 | 9.0 |
If women wanted words what words did they prefer? | ||
A general description, for example, low, medium, high | 43.6 | 56.0 |
A comparison, for example, higher or lower than women in general | 27.7 | 22.7 |
Both general and comparison | 2.0 | 4.0 |
No preference | 26.7 | 17.3 |
If a woman wanted a time based figure | ||
Lifetime | 36.0 | 28.0 |
Before age 50 | 7.8 | 10.7 |
Next 10 years | 29.1 | 33.3 |
All of the above | 4.9 | 4.0 |
No preference | 22.3 | 24.0 |
If women wanted numbers, what type of number did they prefer? | ||
Percentages | 40.6 | 35.1 |
Proportions | 27.7 | 31.1 |
Gambling odds | 2.0 | 1.4 |
All of above | 8.9 | 12.2 |
No preference | 12.9 | 17.6 |
Percentage or proportion | 7.9 | 2.7 |
If women preferred a comparison to other women, what comparison did they prefer? | ||
Own risk + risk of general population | 36.9 | 39.5 |
Relative risk only | 25.2 | 26.3 |
Both | 16.5 | 18.4 |
No preference | 20.4 | 14.5 |
Don’t know | 1.0 | 1.3 |