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Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?

BACKGROUND: Patient health information materials (PHIMs), such as leaflets and posters are widely used by family physicians to reinforce or illustrate information, and to remind people of information received previously. This facilitates improved health-related knowledge and self-management by patie...

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Autores principales: Moerenhout, Tania, Borgermans, Liesbeth, Schol, Sandrina, Vansintejan, Johan, Van De Vijver, Erwin, Devroey, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766635
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S45777
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author Moerenhout, Tania
Borgermans, Liesbeth
Schol, Sandrina
Vansintejan, Johan
Van De Vijver, Erwin
Devroey, Dirk
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Borgermans, Liesbeth
Schol, Sandrina
Vansintejan, Johan
Van De Vijver, Erwin
Devroey, Dirk
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description BACKGROUND: Patient health information materials (PHIMs), such as leaflets and posters are widely used by family physicians to reinforce or illustrate information, and to remind people of information received previously. This facilitates improved health-related knowledge and self-management by patients. OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the use of PHIMs by patient. It also addresses their perception of the quality and the impact of PHIMs on the interaction with their physician, along with changes in health-related knowledge and self-management. METHODS: Questionnaire survey among patients of family practices of one town in Belgium, assessing: (1) the extent to which patients read PHIMs in waiting rooms (leaflets and posters) and take them home, (2) the patients’ perception of the impact of PHIMs on interaction with their physician, their change in health-related knowledge and self-management, and (3) the patients judgment of the quality of PHIMs. RESULTS: We included 903 questionnaires taken from ten practices. Ninety-four percent of respondents stated they read PHIMs (leaflets), 45% took the leaflets home, and 78% indicated they understood the content of the leaflets. Nineteen percent of respondents reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with their physician and 26% indicated that leaflets allowed them to ask fewer questions of their physician. Thirty-four percent indicated that leaflets had previously helped them to improve their health-related knowledge and self-management. Forty-two percent reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with others. Patient characteristics are of significant influence on the perceived impact of PHIMS in physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that patients value health information materials in the waiting rooms of family physicians and that they perceive such materials as being helpful in improving patient–physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management.
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spelling pubmed-36789032013-06-13 Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care? Moerenhout, Tania Borgermans, Liesbeth Schol, Sandrina Vansintejan, Johan Van De Vijver, Erwin Devroey, Dirk Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research BACKGROUND: Patient health information materials (PHIMs), such as leaflets and posters are widely used by family physicians to reinforce or illustrate information, and to remind people of information received previously. This facilitates improved health-related knowledge and self-management by patients. OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the use of PHIMs by patient. It also addresses their perception of the quality and the impact of PHIMs on the interaction with their physician, along with changes in health-related knowledge and self-management. METHODS: Questionnaire survey among patients of family practices of one town in Belgium, assessing: (1) the extent to which patients read PHIMs in waiting rooms (leaflets and posters) and take them home, (2) the patients’ perception of the impact of PHIMs on interaction with their physician, their change in health-related knowledge and self-management, and (3) the patients judgment of the quality of PHIMs. RESULTS: We included 903 questionnaires taken from ten practices. Ninety-four percent of respondents stated they read PHIMs (leaflets), 45% took the leaflets home, and 78% indicated they understood the content of the leaflets. Nineteen percent of respondents reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with their physician and 26% indicated that leaflets allowed them to ask fewer questions of their physician. Thirty-four percent indicated that leaflets had previously helped them to improve their health-related knowledge and self-management. Forty-two percent reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with others. Patient characteristics are of significant influence on the perceived impact of PHIMS in physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that patients value health information materials in the waiting rooms of family physicians and that they perceive such materials as being helpful in improving patient–physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management. Dove Medical Press 2013-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3678903/ /pubmed/23766635 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S45777 Text en © 2013 Moerenhout et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Vansintejan, Johan
Van De Vijver, Erwin
Devroey, Dirk
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title Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?
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title_fullStr Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?
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title_short Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?
title_sort patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766635
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S45777
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