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Effect of Presenting Survival Information as Text or Pictograph During Periviable Birth
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Format of outcome data presentation and Displayed chance of survival for Premature Birth. Completed, enrolled 1,052 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Women recruited from the internet will be put in a hypothetical situation of being in labor at 22 weeks of pregnancy, and presented with information on the likelihood of survival and chance of disability for babies born at this gestational age. Participants will be randomized to receive this outcome data in one of three formats: as text-only, in a static pictograph, or in an iterative pictograph. Participants will also be randomized to seeing the chance of survival as 30% or 60%. Participants were then asked to choose between comfort care and intensive care in this situation. Participants' religiosity, value of the sanctity of life, and health literacy were also assessed.
Study Details
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Interventions
Outcome data is provided to participants as either text-only, a static pictograph, or an iterative pictograph.
In the outcome data provided to participants, they view either a 30% or 60% chance of survival.