| Literacy and Retention of Information After a Multimedia Diabetes Education Program and Teach-Back. | |
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PMID: 21951245 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Few studies have examined the effectiveness of teaching strategies to improve patients' recall and retention of information. As a next step in implementing a literacy-appropriate, multimedia diabetes education program (MDEP), the present study reports the results of two experiments designed to answer (a) how much knowledge is retained 2 weeks after viewing the MDEP, (b) does knowledge retention differ across literacy levels, and (c) does adding a teach-back protocol after the MDEP improve knowledge retention at 2-weeks' follow-up? In Experiment 1, adult primary care patients (n = 113) watched the MDEP and answered knowledge-based questions about diabetes before and after viewing the MDEP. Two weeks later, participants completed the knowledge assessment a third time. Methods and procedures for Experiment 2 (n = 58) were exactly the same, except that if participants answered a question incorrectly after watching the MDEP, they received teach-back, wherein the information was reviewed and the question was asked again, up to two times. Two weeks later, Experiment 2 participants completed the knowledge assessment again. Literacy was measured using the S-TOFHLA. After 2 weeks, all participants, regardless of their literacy levels, forgot approximately half the new information they had learned from the MDEP. In regression models, adding a teach-back protocol did not improve knowledge retention among participants and literacy was not associated with knowledge retention at 2 weeks. Health education interventions must incorporate strategies that can improve retention of health information and actively engage patients in long-term learning. |
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Authors:
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Namratha R Kandula; Tiffany Malli; Charles P Zei; Emily Larsen; David W Baker |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Journal of health communication Volume: 16 ISSN: 1087-0415 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9604100 Medline TA: J Health Commun Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 89-102 Citation Subset: - |
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a Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA. |
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