Table 2 Prompting strategy underlying systematic testing
Information requirements | Low informed | Moderately informed | Highly informed |
|---|---|---|---|
Listing possible benefits and harms | Asking for guidance | Asking for consequences | Asking for benefits and harms |
Explaining single event probabilities | Asking for the chance | Asking for an explanation | Asking for reference conditions |
Quantifying screening benefits | Asking for the advantage | Asking for a probability | Asking for an absolute effect |
Quantifying numerical screening harms | Asking for the disadvantage | Asking for a probability | Asking for an absolute effect |
Informing about evidence quality | Asking for an estimate | Asking for reliability | Asking for the study quality |
Interpreting test result | Asking for positive result meaning | Asking for the positive predictive value | Providing input for conditional reasoning |