The gap between patient reading comprehension and the readability of patient education materials.
The gap between patient reading comprehension and the readability of patient education materials.
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患者阅读理解能力与患者教育材料的可读性之间的差距。
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1990
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D. M. Abdehou
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T. Davis;M. Crouch;Georgia Wills;Sarah Miller;D. M. Abdehou
患者教育材料和医院表格被分发给患者，而不考虑他们的阅读能力。全国范围内的抽样和1980年人口普查的数据表明，在公立医院接受护理的患者中，有很大比例是功能性文盲。在这项研究中，151名成人初级保健患者在五种不同的门诊护理环境中进行了阅读理解测试。使用标准的计算机程序分析来自每个诊所的患者教育材料和表格的可读性。研究发现，患者的平均阅读理解水平与阅读患者教育材料所需的能力水平之间存在很大差异。公立门诊患者的平均阅读理解水平为6年级5个月。大多数测试的患者教育材料要求阅读水平在11到14年级，标准的机构同意书要求具有大学水平的阅读理解能力。在公立诊所，患者的阅读水平与书面患者材料所要求的理解水平之间存在5年以上的差距。
Patient education materials and hospital forms are given to patients with little regard for their ability to read them. Nationwide sampling and data from the 1980 census suggest that a high proportion of patients cared for in public hospitals are functionally illiterate. In this study, 151 adult primary care patients in five different ambulatory care settings were tested for reading comprehension. Patient education materials and forms from each clinic were analyzed for readability using a standard computer program. A large discrepancy was found between the average patient reading comprehension and the ability levels needed to read patient education materials. The average reading comprehension of public clinic patients was 6th grade 5th month. Most tested patient education materials required a reading level of 11th to 14th grade, and standard institutional consent forms required a college-level reading comprehension. In the public clinics there was a gap of more than 5 years between patient reading levels and the comprehension levels required by written patient materials.