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Table 3 Rates of message recall by message and outcome type

From: Public health communications and alert fatigue

Outcome

Message

Message

Message

Message

 

2

3

4

5

Mean number of messages received per week by participants belonging to any listserv.

1.13

0.33

0.35

0.68

Recall content of study message (coded open ended question) among those that could recall content

66/171

139/181

106/191

118/212

66/171

139/181

106/191

118/212

“Fake”/Distractor topic recalled when study topic was recalled

32.2

27.4

26.1

29.3

19/59

20/73

24/92

17/58

Correct recall of study message by prompting or by open ended response among participants who recall receiving any message

52.7

74.9

62.5

57.3

87/165

176/235

150/240

134/234

Correct recall of study message by prompting or by open ended response, over all participants interviewed

24.4

42.4

36.6

35.6

87/356

176/415

150/410

134/376