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Randomized trial of dentists' understanding: treatment benefit in absolute numbers vs relative risk reduction
NADANOVSKY, Paulo; OLIVEIRA, Branca Heloisa de; LIRA-JUNIOR, Ronaldo; SANTOS, Ana Paula Pires dos.
Afiliação
  • NADANOVSKY, Paulo; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. National School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • OLIVEIRA, Branca Heloisa de; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janerio. School of Dentistry. Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • LIRA-JUNIOR, Ronaldo; Karolinska Institute. Department of Dental Medicine. Stockholm. SE
  • SANTOS, Ana Paula Pires dos; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janerio. School of Dentistry. Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry. Rio de Janeiro. BR
Braz. oral res. (Online) ; 38: e070, 2024. tab, graf
Article em En | LILACS-Express | LILACS, BBO | ID: biblio-1568988
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Abstract This study aimed to assess whether dentists correctly understand the benefit of a dental treatment when it is presented using absolute numbers or relative risk reduction (RRR). This parallel-group randomized controlled trial recruited dentists from 3 postgraduate courses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants received, in sequentially numbered sealed opaque envelopes, the description of a hypothetical scenario of the benefit (avoidance of multiple tooth loss) of nonsurgical periodontal treatment without or with antibiotics. Treatment benefit was presented in 2 different formats absolute numbers or RRR. Dentists were given 10 minutes to read the treatment scenario and answer 5 questions. The final sample for analysis included 101 dentists. When asked to estimate the number of patients out of 100 who would avoid multiple tooth loss without antibiotics, 17 dentists (33%) in the absolute numbers group and 12 (25%) in the RRR group provided the correct response (p = 0.39). Regarding treatment with antibiotics, 26 dentists (50%) in the absolute numbers group and 14 (29%) in the RRR group provided the correct response (p = 0.04). Only 16 dentists (31%) in the absolute numbers group and 12 (25%) in the RRR group gave correct answers for both questions (p = 0.51). Most dentists did not correctly understand the benefit of the treatment, irrespective of the format it was presented. Slightly more dentists correctly understood the benefit of the treatment when it was presented as absolute numbers than as RRR.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: BBO / LILACS Idioma: En Revista: Braz. oral res. (Online) Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Suécia País de publicação: Brasil
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: BBO / LILACS Idioma: En Revista: Braz. oral res. (Online) Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Suécia País de publicação: Brasil