Wolfgang Gaissmaier|Britta L. Anderson|Jay Schulkin
How Do Physicians Provide Statistical Information about Antidepressants to Hypothetical Patients?
Max Planck Institute for Human Development|American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists|Max Planck Institute for Human Development|American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists|Max Planck Institute for Human Development|American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
background little known physicians provide statistical information patients important informed consent methods survey obstetricians gynecologists n 142 received statistical information benefit side effects antidepressant received information various formats including event rates antidepressant v placebo absolute risks relative risks participants imagine 2 hypothetical patients 1 believed drug safe effective 1 select information would give patients assessed whether information selected patient complete transparent interpretable persuasive ie nudge patients toward particular option compared physicians gave patients information gave patients different information results similar proportion physicians roughly 25 selected information 1 complete transparent 2 complete transparent 3 interpretable patient necessary comparative information missing 4 suited nudging physicians gave patients information 61 physicians often selected least complete information even often transparent physicians gave patients different information 39 physicians contrast often selected information suited nudging line belief asked imagine limitation scenarios hypothetical conclusions physicians provide complete transparent information clinicians presented consistent information different patients tended present complete information whereas varied information chose present appeared prone nudging