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A critical evaluation of written discharge advice for people with mild traumatic brain injury: What should we be looking for?
- Source :
- Brain Injury; Nov2014, Vol. 28 Issue 12, p1551-1558, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objective: To formally evaluate the written discharge advice for people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Methods: Eleven publications met the inclusion criteria: (1) intended for adults; (2) ≤two A4 pages; (3) published in English; (4) freely accessible; and (5) currently used (or suitable for use) in Australian hospital emergency departments or similar settings. Two independent raters evaluated the content and style of each publication against established standards. The readability of the publication, the diagnostic term(s) contained in it and a modified Patient Literature Usefulness Index (mPLUI) were also evaluated. Results: The mean content score was 19.18 ± 8.53 (maximum = 31) and the mean style score was 6.8 ± 1.34 (maximum = 8). The mean Flesch-Kincaid reading ease score was 66.42 ± 4.3. The mean mPLUI score was 65.86 ± 14.97 (maximum = 100). Higher scores on these metrics indicate more desirable properties. Over 80% of the publications used mixed diagnostic terminology. One publication scored optimally on two of the four metrics and highly on the others. Discussion: The content, style, readability and usefulness of written mTBI discharge advice was highly variable. The provision of written information to patients with mTBI is advised, but this variability in materials highlights the need for evaluation before distribution. Areas are identified to guide the improvement of written mTBI discharge advice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALGORITHMS
BRAIN injuries
CONVALESCENCE
HELP-seeking behavior
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL emergencies
READABILITY (Literary style)
RESEARCH funding
HEALTH self-care
EVALUATION research
PATIENT discharge instructions
PRINT materials
SEVERITY of illness index
POSTCONCUSSION syndrome
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SYMPTOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 98836545
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2014.937360