Readability in printed education materials for Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a mixed-method design.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the readability of printed education materials (PEMs) for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to explore the perceptions of patients with SLE with different health literacy regarding the readability of PEMs.

Design

A mixed-methods study, including a cross-sectional survey and semistructured interviews.

Setting

The SLE PEMs were collected from 13 hospitals in China. The interviews were conducted in the Department of Rheumatology of a hospital in Hefei, China.

Participants

In the cross-sectional survey, convenience sampling was used to select the Chinese SLE PEMs, with 20 PEMs included. In the qualitative study, the patients with SLE were divided into two groups based on their health literacy. Then, purposive sampling was use

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7559043 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature