First Good-News Content Items
| Misleading Content: Bad News Before Good News | Misleading Transcripts, N (% Possible)* |
|---|---|
| Topic: screening test | |
| Screening is CF-carrier positive possible | 1 (3.8) |
| Screening is SCH-carrier positive | 10 (66.7) |
| Topic: infant (now or future) | |
| Infant is healthy now | 4 (9.8) |
| Infant is growing and/or developing normally now | 12 (29.3) |
| Infant may be a CF carrier | 6 (20.7) |
| Infant does not have CF disease | 2 (6.9) |
| Infant is an SCH carrier | 6 (20) |
| Infant does not have SCH disease | 2 (6.7) |
| Infant has a single allele only (any) | 1 (2.4) |
| Infant will never get the disease | 1 (2.4) |
↵* Percentages were calculated on the basis of the number of misleading transcripts (CF = 26 of 29; SCH = 15 of 30; all disease-nonspecific = 41 of 59).