Summary of preferences for more invasive management option by type of terminology*
| Study | More medicalised or more precise term/s (%) | Less medicalised or less precise term/s (%) | Difference (%) | p Value |
| Copp 201719 | 70 | 53 | 17 | >0.05§ |
| McCaffery 201515 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 0.23 |
| Omer 201314 | 47 | 32.5 | 14.5 | <0.001 |
| Scherer 201318 | 74 | 67 | 7 | >0.1§ |
| Scherer 201525 | 60 | 58 | 8 | >0.1§ |
| Azam 201020 | 39 (4 operation, 35 cast)† | 19 (6 operation, 13 cast)‡ | 20 | <0.025§ |
*Combined data where applicable and mean percentages reported, see online supplementary appendix 4 for explicit justification of categorisation of terminology.
†Broken bone, fracture, greenstick fracture, hairline fracture.
‡Crack in the bone.
§Calculated significance using raw (Copp and Scherer) and published (Azam) data based on our classification of which terms were more medicalised.