Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and preferences. General population
Infographic (N = 120) | Plain text (N = 114) | Video-abstract (N = 90) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women (N [%]) | 67 (55.83) | 64 (56.14) | 54 (60.00) | 0.806 |
Age (mean [SD]) | 39.88 (12.45) | 40.24 (13.25) | 38.53 (12.50) | 0.616 |
Educational level (N [%]) | ||||
No studies | 1 (0.83) | 0 | 1 (1.11) | 0.561 |
Primary | 2 (1.67) | 4 (3.51) | 2 (2.22) | 0.652 |
Secondary | 37 (30.83) | 39 (34.21) | 33 (36.67) | 0.667 |
Tertiary | 80 (66.67) | 71 (62.28) | 54 (60.00) | 0.589 |
Professional background (N [%])* | ||||
Healthcare | 13 (10.83) | 19 (16.67) | 10 (11.11) | 0.343 |
Research | 7 (5.83) | 6 (5.26) | 5 (5.56) | 0.982 |
Economics | 15 (12.50) | 16 (14.04) | 5 (5.56) | 0.133 |
None | 87 (72.50) | 77 (67.54) | 71 (78.89) | 0.197 |
Are you usually interested in information related to health research? (N [%]) | 0.222 | |||
No or little | 18 (15.00) | 20 (17.54) | 12 (13.33) | |
More or less | 48 (40.00) | 50 (43.86) | 32 (35.56) | |
Yes, or very much | 54 (45.00) | 44 (38.60) | 46 (51.11) | |
In what formats do you prefer to receive healthcare or scientific information? (N [%])* | ||||
Video | 78 (65.00) | 73 (64.04) | 70 (77.78) | 0.071 |
Infographic | 60 (50.00) | 58 (50.88) | 48 (53.33) | 0.888 |
Audio | 43 (35.83) | 22 (19.30) | 34 (37.78) | 0.005 |
Text | 55 (45.83) | 60 (52.63) | 51 (56.67) | 0.279 |
Scientific paper | 37 (30.83) | 33 (28.95) | 27 (30.00) | 0.952 |