Suitability of prostate cancer education materials: applying a standardized assessment tool to currently available materials
Suitability of prostate cancer education materials: applying a standardized assessment tool to currently available materials
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pec.2003.10.003
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发表时间：
2004-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Litwin, MS
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作者：
Weintraub, D;Maliski, SL;Litwin, MS
书面教材是前列腺癌患者及其家属的重要教学工具。然而，它们必须为目标受众所理解。我们使用材料适用性评估（SAM）工具检查前列腺癌宣传册和小册子，以评估材料的总体适用性、可读性和文化适宜性。这些因素对于确保患者能够理解并与信息相关至关重要。我们对29种材料的评估表明，大多数材料，22种（75.8%），在其整体适用性方面得分为“足够”。然而，26份材料（90%）被评为“不适合”他们的阅读水平，而55%的材料由于缺乏关于目标受众的线索而无法被评为文化适宜性。此外，许多教材在内容、图表、自我效能、学习动机和刺激方面得分很低。大多数材料在排版和布局方面都做得很好。总的来说，研究结果指出，需要仔细评估用于阅读能力低的多元文化受众的书面材料。(C) 2003年由爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司出版
Written educational materials serve as important teaching instruments for prostate cancer patients and their families. However, they must be understandable for their intended audiences. We examined prostate cancer brochures and pamphlets using the Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) instrument for the materials' overall suitability, readability, and cultural appropriateness. These factors are crucial to ensure that patients are able to understand and relate to the information. Our evaluation of 29 materials demonstrated that the majority, 22 (75.8%), scored "adequate" for their overall suitability. However, 26 materials (90%) scored "not suitable" for their reading grade level, while 55% of the materials could not be rated on cultural appropriateness because of lack of cues about the intended audience. Also, many of the materials scored poorly on content, graphics, self-efficacy, and learning motivation and stimulation. Most of the materials did well with typography and layout. Overall, the findings point to the need to carefully assess written materials used for multicultural audiences with low reading ability. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.