Yi Shan, Meng Ji, Zhaogang Dong, Zhaoquan Xing, Xiaofei Xu
Assessing Patients' Critical Health Literacy and Identifying Associated Factors: Cross-sectional Study
Journal of medical Internet research
aim study determine perceived familiarity medical residents statistical concepts assess ability integrate concepts clinical scenarios investigate susceptibility gamblers fallacy conjunction fallacy multiinstitutional crosssectional survey greek medical residents performed participants asked indicate familiarity basic statistical concepts answer clinically oriented questions designed assess biostatistics knowledge cognitive biases univariate bivariate multivariate statistical models used evaluation data 153 respondents 765 response rate two participants 13 able answer seven biostatistics knowledge questions correctly 29 residents 19 gave incorrect answers questions proportion correct answers biostatistics knowledge question ranged 15 516 residents greater selfreported familiarity likely perform better respective knowledge question p001 multivariate analysis effect individual resident characteristics questionnaire performance showed previous education outside greece primarily medical school associated lower biostatistics knowledge scores p0001 little half respondents 542 answered gamblers fallacy quiz correctly residents higher performance biostatistics knowledge questions less prone gamblers fallacy odds ratio 138 95 confidence intervals 112170 p0003 48 residents 314 violate conjunction rule large number medical residents unable correctly interpret crucial statistical concepts commonly found medical literature also especially prone gamblers fallacy bias may undermine clinical judgment medical decision making formalized systematic teaching biostatistics residency required debias residents ensure proficient understanding communicating statistical information