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 |