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Developing Printed Materials for Patient Education
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 1989While most nurses recognize the educational needs of their patients, time has become a major deterrent to optimal teaching. This is especially true in critical care, where patients are being transferred earlier or directly discharged. Written information which is available to the patient at home can help to bridge this gap.
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Readability of Patient Educational Materials in Pediatric Orthopaedics
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2021Background: Parents are increasingly turning to the internet to seek pediatric health information. Numerous organizations advise that patient educational materials (PEMs) should not surpass the sixth-grade reading level.
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Readability of Educational Materials for Endodontic Patients
Journal of Endodontics, 2010Vocabulary and writing style have been shown to affect the readability of patient-education materials. Readability is generally defined as the ease of understanding or comprehension because of the style of writing. Microsoft Word software (Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, WA) can quantify and report readability statistics, providing both the Flesch ...
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Writing Patient Education Materials
1984In an age of increasing public awareness about health-related issues, the concept of patient education is increasingly important. Patients expect and demand better information from health care providers, as well as from various media. Through patient education, the medical profession has an opportunity to improve provider-patient relationships and to ...
Don W. Bradley, Bruce F. Currie
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Literacy levels of ophthalmic patient education materials
Survey of Ophthalmology, 1997Health care providers have become increasingly aware of poor patient understanding of their illnesses and their treatments. A major, increasingly recognized factor in poor understanding and compliance is the low literacy skills of 90 million Americans.
H, Ebrahimzadeh, R, Davalos, P P, Lee
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Chinese Nutrition Educational Materials for Renal Patients
Journal of Renal Nutrition, 2007Nutrition resources in Chinese have been developed for the patients in St. Paul's Hospital's Renal Program. The goal was to support this patient subgroup to understand and practice the complicated diet guidelines within their own language and cultural contexts.
Jiak Chin, Koh, Winphia, Koo
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Suitability of Patient Education Materials for Cardiac Catheterization
Clinical Nurse Specialist, 1998Changes in healthcare delivery for such diagnostic procedures as cardiac catheterization have resulted in an emphasis on patient self-study, using booklets and videotapes given to them before the procedure. This transition mandates an evaluation of the appropriateness and effectiveness of these materials. The purpose of this study was to systematically
P T, Smith, C L, Cason
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Translating Patient Education Materials
Chest, 2010Maureen Y, Jett, Marie A, Ivnik
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The importance of patient education materials
The Case Manager, 2000S, Aruffo, C, Gardner
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Readability of patient education materials.
Clinical therapeutics, 1981The reading level of representative samples of patient education materials obtained from public foundations, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, and commercial sources was determined according to three readability tests: Fry Readability Graph, Gunning Fog Index, and McLaughlin SMOG Grading Formula.
A S, Vivian, E J, Robertson
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