Table 5.

Perceptions of the Risks and Benefits of Drug B by Communication Message Format

“If your child were randomized to receive Drug B …	Text	Tables	Pictographs
…how likely would your child be to experience pain after surgery?”	6.3 ± 2.6	6.4 ± 2.6*	6.0 ± 2.4
…how likely would your child be to experience at least one side effect?”	5.2 ± 2.7*	5.2 ± 2.7*	4.6 ± 2.5
…how worried would you be about your child experiencing pain?”	7.4 ± 2.8*	7.3 ± 2.8*	7.0 ± 2.7
…how worried would you be about your child experiencing at least one side- effect?”	6.1 ± 2.9*	6.1 ± 3.0*	5.5 ± 3.0
…how serious do you think it would be if your child experienced slowed breathing?”	7.9 ± 3.0*	7.7 ± 3.1*	7.2 ± 3.3
…how effective would drug B at reducing your child’s chance of experiencing pain?”	6.5 ± 2.4*	6.3 ± 2.5*	6.7 ± 2.1

Data are presented a mean ± SD based on a scale of 1–11 (where 11 = maximum response e.g., extremely worried, likely, etc.)

^*P< 0.025 vs Pictographs