Background: The increasing use of computer-administered risk communications affords the
potential to replace static risk graphics with animations that use motion cues to reinforce key …

Background: Paper-based patient decision aids generally present risk information using
numbers and/or static images. However, limited psychological research has suggested that …

Background Risk communication involves conveying two inherently difficult concepts about
the nature of risk: the underlying random distribution of outcomes and how a population …

Recent findings suggest that interactive game-like graphics might be useful in
communicating probabilities. We developed a prototype for a risk communication module …

Background Online interventions providing individual health behavior assessment should
deliver feedback in a way that is both understandable and engaging. This study focused on …

Background: Online risk calculators offer different levels of precision in their risk estimates.
People interpret numbers in varying ways depending on how they are presented, and we do …

This review describes recent experimental and focus group research on graphics as a
method of communication about quantitative health risks. Some of the studies discussed in …

Objective Health websites are becoming important sources for cancer information. Lay
users, patients and carers seek support for critical decisions, but they are prone to common …

The aim of this work is to advance knowledge of how to measure gist and verbatim
understanding of risk magnitude information and to apply this knowledge to address …

Background Although gamification continues to be a popular approach to increase
engagement, motivation, and adherence to behavioral interventions, empirical studies have …