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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2013 Dec 14;155(5):789–796. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.007

Table IV.

Comprehension of patient and provider participants for prototype health-related quality-of-life dashboard formats according to dimensions of graphic literacy

Percent correct, mean (SD) Patient scores, n (%) Provider scores, n (%)
Table
 Overall 89 (21) 99 (4)
 Reading 96 (17) 99 (7)
 Reading between 82 (37) 99 (7)
 Reading beyond 88 (33) 99 (7)
Bar
 Overall 88 (23) 98 (6)
 Reading 92 (25) 99 (7)
 Reading between 85 (35) 100 (0)
 Reading beyond 88 (31) 96 (17)
Line
 Overall 88 (18) 98 (7)
 Reading 87 (28) 99 (7)
 Reading between 86 (34) 98 (14)
 Reading beyond 92 (23) 98 (14)
Pictograph
 Overall 79 (31) 97 (8)
 Reading 77 (39) 98 (10)
 Reading between 87 (32) 96 (20)
 Reading beyond 73 (42) 98 (14)

SD, Standard deviation.