Why literacy matters. Links between reading ability and health.
Why literacy matters. Links between reading ability and health.
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DOI：
10.1001/archopht.117.1.100
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发表时间：
1999
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P. P. Lee-P.
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P. P. Lee-P.
理解口头和书面材料的能力是现代生活的核心。然而，美国教育部估计，1993 年，47% 的美国成年人阅读和理解能力较差。对医学领域许多专业的患者教育材料、出院说明和同意书的可读性进行的分析几乎一致发现，这些材料对于许多或大多数患者而言过于复杂。例如，Ebrahimzadeh 等人对美国眼科学会的患者眼科教育材料进行的一项研究发现，其中大量材料超出了许多美国成年人的阅读能力。然而，这只是了解识字和阅读能力对患者健康及其对日益复杂的医疗保健系统的使用的影响的一小部分。
The ability to understand verbal and written materials is central to modern life. Yet, the US Department of Education estimated that 47% of all adult Americans in 1993 had poor reading and comprehension skills. Analyses of the readability of patient education materials, discharge instructions, and consent forms throughout many specialties within medicine have found almost uniformly that these materials are written at too complex a level for many or most patients. For example, a study of the patient ophthalmic education materials of the American Academy of Ophthalmology by Ebrahimzadeh et al found large amounts of the material exceeded the reading abilities of much of the American adult population. Yet, this is only one small part of understanding the effects of literacy and reading abilities on our patient's health and their use of our increasingly complex health care system.