Developing a bone mineral density test result letter to send to patients: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To use a mixed-methods approach to develop a letter that can be used to notify patients of their bone mineral density (BMD) results by mail that may activate patients in their bone-related health care.

Patients and methods

A multidisciplinary team developed three versions of a letter for reporting BMD results to patients. Trained interviewers presented these letters in a random order to a convenience sample of adults, aged 50 years and older, at two different health care systems. We conducted structured interviews to examine the respondents' preferences and comprehension among the various letters.

Results

A total of 142 participants completed the interview. A majority of the participants were female (64.1%) and white (76.1%). A plurality of the participants id

SUBMITTER: Edmonds SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4051798 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature