Assessment of printed lung cancer surgery patient education materials in the United States
PEMs are written at reading levels that are too advanced for patients. Although PEMs scored well in understandability, actionability, and accessibility, analysis of individual items revealed the need for improvement, including the use of shorter sentences, more visual aids and summaries, and expansion of language translations.
Authors
- Marina DePablo
- Savanna Kerstiens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-1580)
- Lauren J. Gleason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-1840)
- Jessica Donington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-7327)
- Maria Lucia L. Madariaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2950-7230)
- Jane Louise Holl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-1672)
- Rachel K. Nordgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-1208)
- Darren S. Bryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-8323)
- Mark K. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-6284)
- A. Dijkstra
- Woorin Jang
Institutions
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2024.09.005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Social Media in Health Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.06
Funders
- National Cancer Institute