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Numeracy and Understanding of Quantitative Aspects of Predictive Models: A Pilot Study.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:The assessment of user preferences for performance characteristics of patient-oriented clinical prediction models is lacking. It is unknown if complex statistical aspects of prediction models are readily understandable by a general audience. OBJECTIVE:A pilot study was conducted among nonclinical audiences to determine the feasibility of interpreting statistical concepts that describe the performance of prediction models. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional electronic survey using the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. The survey instrument included educational modules about predictive models, sensitivity, specificity, and confidence intervals (CIs). Follow-up questions tested participants' abilities to interpret these characteristics with both verbatim and gist knowledge. Objective and subjective numeracy were assessed using previously validated instruments. We also tested understanding of these concepts when embedded in a sample discrete choice experiment task to establish feasibility for future elicitation of preferences using a discrete choice experiment design. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify factors associated with correct interpretation of statistical concepts. RESULTS:Among 534 respondents who answered all nine questions, the mean correct responses was 95.9% (95% CI, 93.8-97.4) for sensitivity, 93.1% (95% CI, 90.5-95.0) for specificity, and 86.6% (95% CI, 83.3-89.3) for CIs. Verbatim interpretation was high for all concepts, but significantly higher than gist only for CIs (p < 0.001). Scores on each discrete choice experiment tasks were slightly lower in each category. Both objective and subjective numeracy were positively associated with an increased proportion of correct responses (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION:These results suggest that a nonclinical audience can interpret quantitative performance measures of predictive models with very high accuracy. Future development of patient-facing clinical prediction models can feasibly incorporate patient preferences for model features into their development.

journal_name

Appl Clin Inform

journal_title

Applied clinical informatics

authors

Weissman GE,Yadav KN,Madden V,Courtright KR,Hart JL,Asch DA,Schapira MM,Halpern SD

doi

10.1055/s-0038-1669457

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

683-692

issue

issn

1869-0327

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Numeracy and Understanding of Quantitative Aspects of Predictive Models: A Pilot Study.