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The Readability of Patient Education Materials Pertaining to Gastrointestinal Procedures

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2021
Introduction. Due to the ubiquity and ease of access of Internet, patients are able to access online health information more easily than ever. The American Medical Association recommends that patient education materials be targeted at or below the 6th ...
Mohammad S. Nawaz, Laura E. McDermott, Savanna Thor   +2 more
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Patient Engagement in Developing Radiology Patient Education Materials

Patient Experience Journal
Purpose: This initiative aimed to engage patients in the process of developing patient education materials (PEM) on the major imaging modalities at our institution.
T Arleo, HarrisD HarrisD, J Hislop, J Moon, H Li, N Kadom   +5 more
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Patient Education Materials from a person-centred perspective - Coping and co-design in colorectal cancer care

, 2016
To cope with possible stressful events after colorectal cancer surgery, patients need to be prepared for the early postoperative phase. Complementary written in-formation is often used, but requires improvement.
Smith, Frida
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Readability of Patient Educational Materials in English Versus Arabic

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Little research has been done about patient educational materials (PEMs) written in Arabic. Readability of Arabic PEMs has not previously been assessed because, until recently, there was no validated Arabic readability assessment tool.
Abdulaziz Malik, Mahmoud El-Haj, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow   +2 more
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Development of a Guide to Recommended Print Materials for Diabetes Patient Education [PDF]

, 1984
There are hundreds of current booklets, pamphlets, and manuals available for diabetes patient educa tion. Everyone, it seems, is writing them from large pharmaceutical com panies and publishing houses to small rural hospitals.
Roland G. Hiss, Hiss, Roland, Frey, Mary, Mary L. Frey   +3 more
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Systematic review of effectiveness and quality assessment of patient education materials and decision aids for breathlessness

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Around 10% of adults suffer from clinically significant breathlessness. High quality and actionable patient education materials (PEMs) and patient decision aids (PDAs) have an important role for shared decision making and patient self ...
Anthony Paulo Sunjaya, Lexia Bao, Allison Martin, Gian Luca DiTanna, Christine R. Jenkins   +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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Readability and quality assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to nasal septoplasty

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021
Background Given that nasal septoplasty is a common procedure in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery, the objective of this study was to evaluate the quality and readability of online patient education materials on septoplasty. Methods A Google search
Elysia M. Grose, Connor P. Holmes, Kaishan A. Aravinthan, Vincent Wu, John M. Lee   +4 more
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Patient falls : a key issue in patient safety in hospitals [PDF]

, 2006
Patient safety issues in hospital settings gained worldwide attention within the adverse events discourse launched by the landmark report “to err is human” by the Institute of Medicine in 2000.
Schwendimann, René
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
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