Table 3.
Risk of getting an incorrect answer that participants are willing to accept according to type of evidence user and scenario
| Types of user of evidence | Acceptable risk (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | Median | p25 | p75 | p5 | p95 | Min | Max | |
| All participants (n = 325) | ||||||||
| All scenarios | 945 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Treatment (Scenario 1) | 313 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Public Health Intervention (Scenario 2) | 320 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Prevention (Scenario 3) | 312 | 6.5 | 5 | 10.5 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Guideline developers (n = 94) | ||||||||
| All scenarios | 275 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Treatment (Scenario 1) | 91 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 38 |
| Public Health Intervention (Scenario 2) | 94 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Prevention (Scenario 3) | 90 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 42 |
| Decisionmakersb (n = 182) | ||||||||
| All scenarios | 527 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Treatment (Scenario 1) | 175 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Public Health Intervention (Scenario 2) | 177 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Prevention (Scenario 3) | 175 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 50 |
| Guideline developers and decisionmakersb (n = 49) | ||||||||
| All scenarios | 143 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
| Clinical Treatment (Scenario 1) | 47 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 50 |
| Public Health Intervention (Scenario 2) | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 41 |
| Clinical Prevention (Scenario 3) | 47 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 50 |
IQR interquartile range, Min Minimum, Max Maximum, N number of participants
p5 = 5th percentile, p25 = 25th percentile, p75 = 75th percentile, p95 = 95th percentile
aNumber of responses; participants had the option to not answer individual scenarios
bIncluding health policy decisionmaker, decisionmaker regulatory agency, decisionmaker health insurance company, hospital administrator and other types of evidence users. Participants could select more than one option