TY - JOUR
T1 - Low literacy self-care management patient education for a multi-lingual heart failure population
T2 - Results of a pilot study
AU - Dickson, Victoria Vaughan
AU - Chyun, Deborah
AU - Caridi, Cristina
AU - Gregory, Jill K.
AU - Katz, Stuart
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the impact of language-free, low literacy self-care management patient education materials in an ethnically diverse multilingual heart failure (HF) population. Methods: A one group pre-test-post-test design measured changes in self-care, knowledge and health-related quality of life (HRQL) after a 1 month intervention using language-free, low literacy self-care management patient education materials and delivered by a health educator. Results: The ethnically diverse sample (n = 21) was predominately male (72%), 48% Black, 42% Hispanic, and 28% marginal/inadequate literacy. There were significant improvements in self-care and knowledge but not HRQL. Conclusions: Language-free, low literacy self-care patient education may facilitate improved self-care and knowledge in diverse populations who are at risk for poor HF outcomes.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the impact of language-free, low literacy self-care management patient education materials in an ethnically diverse multilingual heart failure (HF) population. Methods: A one group pre-test-post-test design measured changes in self-care, knowledge and health-related quality of life (HRQL) after a 1 month intervention using language-free, low literacy self-care management patient education materials and delivered by a health educator. Results: The ethnically diverse sample (n = 21) was predominately male (72%), 48% Black, 42% Hispanic, and 28% marginal/inadequate literacy. There were significant improvements in self-care and knowledge but not HRQL. Conclusions: Language-free, low literacy self-care patient education may facilitate improved self-care and knowledge in diverse populations who are at risk for poor HF outcomes.
KW - Heart failure
KW - Literacy
KW - Multi-lingual
KW - Self-care
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.06.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 26856501
AN - SCOPUS:84963612066
VL - 29
SP - 122
EP - 124
JO - Applied Nursing Research
JF - Applied Nursing Research
SN - 0897-1897
ER -