Readability of hospice materials to prepare families for caregiving at the time of death.

Autor: Kehl KA; School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA., McCarty KN
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research in nursing & health [Res Nurs Health] 2012 Jun; Vol. 35 (3), pp. 242-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Apr 10.
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21477
Abstrakt: Many health care materials are not written at levels that can be understood by most lay people. In this descriptive study, we examined the readability of documents used by hospices to prepare families for caregiving at the time of death. We used two common formulae to examine the documents. The mean Flesch-Kincaid grade level was 8.95 (SD 1.80). The mean Simple Measure of Gobbledygook grade level was 11.06 (SD 1.36). When we used the Colors Label Ease for Adult Readers instrument, it became evident that medical terminology was the primary reason for the high-grade levels. Most documents (78%) included medical terms that were directly (46.2%) or indirectly (25.6%) explained in the text. Modification of hospice materials could improve families' comprehension of information important for optimal end-of-life care.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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