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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2019 Apr 23;24(4):368–376. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1606364

Table 2.

Outcome Descriptive Statistics by Ad Characteristics.

Audio Frequency of Major Statement Speed of Major Statement Organization of the Major Statement

Low High Low High Simple Complex

n=530 n=534 n=525 n=539 n=533 n=531
Mean (SD)

Risk recalla 1.97 (1.47) 1.90 (1.43) 1.00 (0.42) 0.96 (0.43) 0.97 (0.45) 0.99 (0.40)
Benefit recallb 0.98 (0.43) 0.99 (0.43) 2.05 (1.42) 1.82 (1.46) 2.10 (1.49) 1.78 (1.39)
Claim recognitionc 3.05 (0.98) 3.03 (1.02) 3.17 (0.92) 2.91 (1.06) 3.16 (0.94) 2.93 (1.04)

n (%)

Main message recall 453 (85.5%) 462 (86.5%) 461 (86.5%) 454 (85.5%) 452 (86.1%) 463 (85.9%)
Ad comprehension 248 (46.9%) 257 (48.2%) 255 (47.9%) 250 (47.2%) 262 (50.0%) 243 (45.2%)
a

Possible range from 0 to 12 risks, although no participant recalled more than 7 risks.

b

Possible range from 0 to 2 benefits.

c

Possible range from 0 to 4 claims.

d

Response options range from 1-not at all confident to 5-extremely confident.