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Area of Science:

  • Health Literacy
  • Patient Education
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Inadequate patient understanding of discharge plans leads to poor treatment compliance, reduced safety, increased emergency department (ED) recidivism, and lower satisfaction.
  • Existing discharge instructions are often lengthy, difficult to navigate, and fail to convey critical information effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and implement a method for assessing and improving patient comprehension of treatment and discharge plans within the ED setting.
  • To enhance health literacy and patient understanding through improved communication strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a patient knowledge assessment questionnaire based on established guidelines and stakeholder input.
  • Scored patient responses against medical records, with three trained scorers ensuring inter-rater reliability (kappa=0.84).
  • Created a one-page simplified information page (SIP) to present key discharge instructions concisely.

Main Results:

  • Baseline assessment revealed no patients had complete understanding of their discharge instructions, with significant deficits in medication details and return precautions.
  • Implementation of the SIP led to statistically significant improvements in patient understanding across all assessed areas.
  • The SIP was integrated into standard discharge instructions, enhancing overall patient comprehension.

Conclusions:

  • A simplified, patient-centered discharge information page is an effective tool for improving health literacy and patient understanding of critical post-ED care instructions.
  • This approach optimizes healthcare provider education time and improves patient safety and satisfaction.