From: Claims of causality in health news: a randomised trial
Intervention target | Intervention suggestion and uptake | Condition | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Causal claim alignment | Causality statement/caveat | Both interventions | ||
 | N | 89 | 64 | 79 | 80 |
Causal claim alignment | Causal claim already aligned a | - | 25 | - | 30 |
Alignment suggested and adopted b | - | 13 | - | 22 | |
Alignment suggested and not adopted b | - | 9 | - | 15 | |
No causal claim present c | - | 17 | - | 13 | |
Statements/caveats about causality | Statement/caveat already present | - | - | 27 | 21 |
Statement/caveat suggested and adopted d | - | - | 31 | 35 | |
Statement/caveat suggested and not adopted | - | - | 21 | 24 |