Evaluating Online and Offline Health Information With the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) is a reliable and validated instrument for assessing the understandability and actionability of patient education materials. It has been applied across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts, enabling cross-field and cross-national material quality comparisons. Accumulated evidence from studies using the PEMAT over the past decade underscores its potential impact on patient and public action.

Objective

This systematic review aims to investigate how the quality of patient education materials has been assessed using the PEMAT.

Methods

This review protocol follows PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols) guidelines. PubMed, MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nurs

SUBMITTER: Furukawa E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780281 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature