Not So Patient Friendly: Patient Education Materials in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Fall Short of Nationally Recommended Readability Benchmarks in the United States

PEMs available on the ACR and JAMA websites do not align with national organizations' recommendations for RC levels. To enhance patient understanding and promote HL, existing PEMs must be modified in line with these recommendations.

Authors

Ugochukwu C Nweke
Meenakshi Jolly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-2751)
Usama Sharif Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-0476)
Sobia Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-7925)
Yazmin Rustomji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0643-1256)

Institutions

Rush University Medical Center (US)
Rush University (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Arthritis Care & Research
Published: 2024-11-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25473
Citations: 8
Primary Topic: Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.79

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Not So Patient Friendly: Patient Education Materials in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Fall Short of Nationally Recommended Readability Benchmarks in the United States

Ugochukwu C Nweke, Meenakshi Jolly, Usama Sharif Ahmad, Sobia Hassan et al.

Nov 28, 2024

8 citations

Arthritis Care & Research

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

6.79

article

Not So Patient Friendly: Patient Education Materials in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Fall Short of Nationally Recommended Readability Benchmarks in the United States

Ugochukwu C Nweke, Meenakshi Jolly, Usama Sharif Ahmad, Sobia Hassan, Yazmin Rustomji

November 28, 2024article en

8 citations

Abstract

PEMs available on the ACR and JAMA websites do not align with national organizations' recommendations for RC levels. To enhance patient understanding and promote HL, existing PEMs must be modified in line with these recommendations.

Arthritis Care & ResearchVol. 77(5)

Rush University Medical Center (US), Rush University (US)

Quality Education

Openalex Percentile: Top 3%

Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

6.79

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Not So Patient Friendly: Patient Education Materials in Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Fall Short of Nationally Recommended Readability Benchmarks in the United States — Ugochukwu C Nweke, Meenakshi Jolly, et al. · Arthritis Care & Research (2024) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS