| Autor: |
M, Hearth-Holmes, P W, Murphy, T C, Davis, I, Nandy, C G, Elder, L H, Broadwell, R E, Wolf |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Journal of rheumatology. 24(12) |
| ISSN: |
0315-162X |
| Popis: |
(1) To assess literacy in a sample of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); (2) to evaluate the reading level of patient education materials specific to SLE; and (3) to compare patient literacy levels to the readability of materials written for patients with SLE.Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, a reading recognition test, was given to 94 patients with SLE. Socioeconomic status was assessed using Nam-Powers. Patient education materials frequently used with these patients were assessed for readability grade level.The patients with SLE were reading on an average 7th-8th grade level; their average educational level (last grade completed in school) was 11.9. The average socioeconomic status (SES) according to the Nam-Powers assessment was 43, indicating high school completed, no college, an income range of $5000-$10,000, and occupations such as household workers and laborers. Multiple linear regression revealed that race and education correlated with reading (p0.001), but age, sex, and SES did not. The readability of surveyed SLE patient education materials ranged from 7th-15th grade level. Eighty-nine percent were written at a 9th grade level or above and were therefore inappropriate for about half the patients surveyed.Reading skills below high school level existed for 48% of patients surveyed, yet only 11% of SLE patient education materials were written below a 9th grade level. Current SLE patient education materials are written on too high a level for many patients. Identifying patients with low literacy may help provide more appropriate patient education and better medical care. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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