Picture this: Evaluating the efficacy of genetic counseling visual aids.

ABSTRACT: Visual aids have been validated as effective tools for educating patients in a variety of medical settings. However, research exploring the efficacy and potential benefit of genetic counseling visual aids is lacking. To begin to address this gap, this study assessed participant knowledge of genetic counseling concepts after viewing either visual or non-visual educational content. Participants were recruited from the general population using the crowdsourcing platform Mechanical Turk. Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were carried out to evaluate differences in knowledge survey scores between the visual and non-visual groups, and Poisson regression models were fitted to evaluate these differences across a variety of demographic backgrounds. The visual group had equal or higher scores than the non-vis

SUBMITTER: Pederson V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632560 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature