TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast cancer patients’ visual attention to information in hospital report cards: An eye-tracking study on differences between younger and older female patients
T2 - An eye-tracking study on differences between younger and older female patients
AU - Yilmaz, N.G.
AU - Timmermans, D.R.M.
AU - van Weert, J.C.M.
AU - Damman, O.C.
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the Dutch Breast Cancer Association and PanelCom for their help with recruiting participants. We also thank drs. Anne de Lange for her help with the data collection. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was granted by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). Financial support for this study was provided entirely by a grant from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). The funding agreement ensured the authors’ independence in designing the study, interpreting the data, writing, and publishing the report. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was granted by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). Financial support for this study was provided entirely by a grant from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF). The funding agreement ensured the authors’ independence in designing the study, interpreting the data, writing, and publishing the report. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - To (1) explore how women visually attend to a hospital report card (HRC), (2) explore whether visual attention of younger and older women (patients and non-patients) differs. Eye-tracking study with a short survey. Participants (N = 37) were provided with a hypothetical realistic HRC. Total dwell times and fixation counts were measured while participants viewed the information. Overall, no differences existed between younger and older women. Visual attention to the hospital of choice (vs not of choice) and to indicators perceived as most important (vs least important) did not differ. However, women with higher health literacy looked longer at the HRC than women with lower health literacy. Also, per fixation, older patients (vs younger patients) looked longer at the hospital of choice and at indicators perceived most important. Pre-existing conceptions of what information is relevant might result in more in-depth information processing among older patients than younger patients. In general, differences in level of health literacy, rather than (chronological) age, seem to be relevant to take into account when designing and/or updating HRCs.
AB - To (1) explore how women visually attend to a hospital report card (HRC), (2) explore whether visual attention of younger and older women (patients and non-patients) differs. Eye-tracking study with a short survey. Participants (N = 37) were provided with a hypothetical realistic HRC. Total dwell times and fixation counts were measured while participants viewed the information. Overall, no differences existed between younger and older women. Visual attention to the hospital of choice (vs not of choice) and to indicators perceived as most important (vs least important) did not differ. However, women with higher health literacy looked longer at the HRC than women with lower health literacy. Also, per fixation, older patients (vs younger patients) looked longer at the hospital of choice and at indicators perceived most important. Pre-existing conceptions of what information is relevant might result in more in-depth information processing among older patients than younger patients. In general, differences in level of health literacy, rather than (chronological) age, seem to be relevant to take into account when designing and/or updating HRCs.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - comparative performance information
KW - eye-tracking
KW - hospital report cards
KW - probabilistic information
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36840473
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1177/14604582231155279
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/14604582231155279
M3 - Article
C2 - 36840473
SN - 1460-4582
VL - 29
SP - 14604582231155279
JO - Health informatics journal
JF - Health informatics journal
IS - 1
ER -