Freeman T R, Bass M J
Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London.
CMAJ. 1992 Oct 1;147(7):1013-7.
To determine the type of risk language preferred by mothers considering the use of hypothetical new vaccine for their children and to compare their choice with what their physicians perceived they would prefer.
Mail survey.
Thirteen family practices in southwestern Ontario.
Women with at least one child between the ages of 6 months and 5 years and their physicians.
Preferred risk language and physicians' predictions about patient preference.
Of the 226 women sent the questionnaire 208 (92%) responded. Of the 192 who indicated their risk language preference 118 (61%) chose a numeric statement. Of the 11 physicians who answered the question 8 (73%) predicted that their parents would prefer non-numeric statements. Although the women in the study were more likely to be married, were better educated and had higher family incomes than women of the same age in the Ontario population, risk language preference was not found to be related to any of those demographic characteristics.
Physicians must be prepared to outline the risks associated with vaccination in both quantitative and qualitative terms.
确定在考虑为其子女使用假设的新型疫苗时母亲们更喜欢的风险表述类型，并将她们的选择与其医生认为她们会偏好的内容进行比较。
邮寄调查。
安大略省西南部的13个家庭医疗诊所。
有至少一个年龄在6个月至5岁之间孩子的女性及其医生。
偏好的风险表述以及医生对患者偏好的预测。
在收到问卷的226名女性中，208名（92%）做出了回应。在192名表明其风险表述偏好的女性中，118名（61%）选择了数字表述。在回答该问题的11名医生中，8名（73%）预测他们的患者家长会更喜欢非数字表述。尽管研究中的女性比安大略省同年龄的女性更有可能已婚、受教育程度更高且家庭收入更高，但未发现风险表述偏好与任何这些人口统计学特征相关。
医生必须准备好以定量和定性的方式概述与疫苗接种相关的风险。
