1993/11/01 by J.E. Overland, P.L. Hoskins, M.J. McGill +1
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1464-5491.1993.tb00178.x
Eighty‐five diabetic patients who were proficient in English were studied to assess the impact of educational material of varying literacy levels on patient comprehension. Two samples of available diabetes foot care material of Grade 11 and 9 readability (measured by SMOG formula) and purposely written in‐house material of Grade 6 readability were used. Patients were randomized to read information of either Grade 6 and Grade 11 or Grade 6 and Grade 9 readability. Socio‐demographic data and reading habits were collected to allow for identification of literacy markers. The mean CLOZE score (a measure of comprehension) was better in patients who read the Grade 6 information than for both the Grade 11 and Grade 9 information (59.5 ± 11.8, 46.8 ± 22.0, 45.8 ± 22.2 respectively, p p p