Table 3.

Methods used to present probabilistic information

	Textual	Numerical			Graphical
	Verbal descriptors	Percentages	Number needed to treat/harm	Frequencies	Pie chart	Bar graph	Pictogram/graph
Patient Information Tool	16 (94)	11 (65)	5 (29)	13 (77)	0 (0)	2 (12)	1 (6)
Risk Communication Tool	3 (60)	4 (80)	0 (0)	5 (100)*	1 (20)	0 (0)	4 (80)
Brief Decision Aid	0 (0)	3 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (33)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Standardised Information	1 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Overall	20 (77)	18 (69)	5 (19)	19 (73)	2 (8)	2 (8)	5 (19)

Figures are frequencies (percentage frequencies).

* one risk communication tool showed frequencies graphically.