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Improving comprehension of informed consent.

Sanja Kusec1, Stipe Oresković, Mate Skegro

  • 1Department of Educational Technology, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 4, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. skusec@snz.hr

Patient Education and Counseling
|January 24, 2006
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Improving doctor-patient communication involves using patients' own language in written materials. Identifying patients who communicate well can help create clearer surgical information for better understanding.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Communication
  • Health Literacy
  • Patient Education

Background:

  • Effective doctor-patient communication is crucial for surgical patients' understanding and outcomes.
  • Written materials often use complex medical jargon, leading to poor patient comprehension.
  • Tailoring information to patients' conversational styles can bridge this gap.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance doctor-patient communication by developing written surgical materials using patients' conversational styles.
  • To identify characteristics of patients who can effectively communicate medical information in lay terms.

Main Methods:

  • A Cloze test procedure assessed comprehension of doctor-written materials for cholecystectomy patients.
  • Patients described their illness and treatment in their own words (150 narratives analyzed).

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  • Patient narratives were analyzed for style (SMOG score, sentence length), and best-understood narratives were tested on new patients.

    • Main Results:

    • Doctor-written materials showed poor comprehension (over 40% failed Cloze test).
    • Patient narratives varied in complexity by educational level.
    • Patient-worded materials, particularly from those with medium education, were best understood by primary care patients.

    Conclusions:

    • Lay experts in communication can be identified by analyzing patient narratives that are easily understood by others.
    • Patient participation in developing educational materials, especially informed consent, significantly improves comprehension.
    • Adopting patients' conversational styles offers a method to improve general patient education materials.