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. 2019 Mar 26;14(3):e0214057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214057

Table 3. Mean scores on knowledge subscales.

Marks available Intervention
n = 203
Control
n = 197
Difference
(95% CI)
p-value a
Knowledge subscale
Breast cancer mortality benefit
 Conceptual 3 2.57 2.3 0.26 (0.13, 0.4) < 0.001
 Numerical 5 2.38 0.85 1.53 (1.16, 1.9) < 0.001
 Total 8 4.95 3.15 1.79 (1.38, 2.2) < 0.001
False-positive screening results
 Conceptual 1 1 0.95 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.019
 Numerical 3 1.34 0.35 0.99 (0.75, 1.24) < 0.001
 Total 4 2.34 1.3 1.04 (0.78, 1.29) < 0.001
Overdiagnosis
 Conceptual 7 4.52 2.88 1.64 (1.35, 1.93) < 0.001
 Numerical 3 1.49 0.49 1 (0.78, 1.22) < 0.001
 Total 10 6.01 3.37 2.64 (2.24, 3.04) < 0.001
All subscales
 Conceptual 11 8.08 6.14 1.94 (1.56, 2.32) < 0.001
 Numerical 11 5.22 1.69 3.53 (2.78, 4.27) < 0.001
 Total 22 13.3 7.83 5.47 (4.5, 6.44) < 0.001

a The Student’s t tests for quantitative variables were adjusted for clustering using the Rao-Scott correction.