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Impact of how results in tables were framed: proportion of correct decisions with table display related to negative and positive framing*
| % (95% CI) of correct decisions
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Negative framing | Positive framing | |
| Superior treatment: | ||
| Investigational | 86 (42 to 99) | 50 (16 to 84) |
| Conventional | 100 (63 to 100) | 45 (17 to 77) |
| Total | 93 (68 to 99) | 47 (24 to 71) |
Negatively framed tables displayed failure rates, and positively framed tabled displayed response rates. χ2=8.092; P=0.0044.
