Improving bone mineral density reporting to patients with an illustration of personal fracture risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine patients' preferences for, and understanding of, FRAX® fracture risk conveyed through illustrations.

Methods

Drawing on examples from published studies, four illustrations of fracture risk were designed and tested for patient preference, ease of understanding, and perceived risk. We enrolled a convenience sample of adults aged 50 and older at two medical clinics located in the Midwestern and Southern United States. In-person structured interviews were conducted to elicit patient ranking of preference, ease of understanding, and perceived risk for each illustration.

Results

Most subjects (n = 142) were female (64%), Caucasian (76%) and college educated (78%). Of the four risk depictions, a plurality of participants (37%) listed a bar graph as mo

SUBMITTER: Edmonds SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4260260 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature