Evaluating information prescriptions in two clinical environments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The research sought to evaluate whether providing personalized information services by libraries can improve satisfaction with information services for specific types of patients.

Methods

Adult breast cancer (BrCa) clinic patients and mothers of inpatient neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients were randomized to receive routine information services (control) or an IRx intervention.

Results

The BrCa trial randomized 211 patients and the NICU trial, 88 mothers. The BrCa trial showed no statistically significant differences in satisfaction ratings between the treatment and control groups. The IRx group in the NICU trial reported higher satisfaction than the control group regarding information received about diagnosis, treatments, respiratory tradeoffs, an

SUBMITTER: Oliver KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3133905 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature