Milan Bjekić, Hristina Vlajinac, Sandra Šipetić-Grujičić
Characteristics of gonorrhea and syphilis cases among the Roma ethnic group in Belgrade, Serbia
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
several studies suggest many parents research participants poor understanding elements consent particularly risks benefits however data suggest format framing research risks benefits may important determinant subject understanding examined effect tabular graphical presentation risks benefits parents understanding research study parents children scheduled undergo elective surgical procedure n 408 randomized receive information risks benefits sham study postoperative pain control using text tables pictographs completed questionnaire examine gist essential verbatim actual understanding information parent demographics recorded literacy numeracy skills measured parents randomized receive information using tables pictographs significantly p 0025 greater gist verbatim understanding parents received information using standard text tables pictographs also superior text promoting understanding among parents low numeracy literacy skills many parents patients difficulty assimilating interpreting riskbenefit information research treatment due part manner risks benefits communicated literacy numeracy abilities individual results study suggest simple practical method enhancing understanding riskbenefit statistics parents varying numeracy literacy skills