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Table 4 Perceived usefulness of the presented format in general and specialized population

From: How to present economic evaluations to non-technical audiences? Randomized trials with professionals and the general population

Useful

General population (N = 324)

Specialized population (N = 100)

Infographic (N = 120)

Plain text (N = 114)

Video-abstract (N = 90)

p-value

Policy brief (N = 46)

Executive summary (N = 54)

p-value

How useful do you find the presented format for the comprehension of the information? (N [%])

Not at all

1 (0.83)

0

1 (1.11)

0.04*

0

0

0.005

Little

5 (4.17)

7 (6.14)

1 (1.11)

0

1 (1.85)

More or less

22 (18.33)

24 (21.05)

12 (13.33)

8 (17.39)

19 (35.19)

Quite

57 (47.50)

59 (51.75)

45 (50.00)

27 (58.70)

30 (55.56)

Completely

35 (29.17)

24 (21.05)

31 (34.44)

11 (23.91)

4 (7.41)

  1. Bold means statistically significant (p-values ≤ 0.05). * Statistical difference between groups: video abstract vs. plain text (p = 0.011)