Assoziationen eines leicht verständlichen Patientenbriefs zur Gesundheitskompetenz nachstationärer Patienten. Ergebnisse einer randomisiert kontrollierten Interventionsstudie, Ass…
Henriette Hoffmann,Ansgar Jonietz,Willy Gräfe,Ronny Zenker,Karen Voigt,Henna Riemenschneider · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2023 · Heft S 3 · S. S183 bis S188
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Abstract Background 54% of the German population has limited health literacy, which is associated with poorer health outcomes and higher utilization of the healthcare system. Aim of the study The aim of this pilot study was to examine the effects of an easy-to-understand patient letter on patients’ health literacy after discharge from a Clinic for Internal Medicine and to analyze patients’ need for written, easy-to-understand information. Method In a randomized controlled trial (2016 – 2018), the effects of the patient letter on health literacy were examined by means of the HLS-EU-Q47 questionnaire. The interven…
