Gender Differences in Health Information Needs and Decisional Preferences in Patients Recovering From an Acute Ischemic Coronary Event

Stewart, Donna E.; Abbey, Susan; Shnek, Zachary M.; Irvine, Jane; Grace, Sherry L.

doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000107006.83260.12

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“…Previous research shows that female patients received less information than they wanted from their clinician [35]. Results here may be attributed to women perceiving less medication information because of higher information needs.…”

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The practice of prescribing: Discovering differences in what we tell patients about prescription medications

Childress

Ledford

Mundy

2014

Patient Education and Counseling

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The practice of prescribing: Discovering differences in what we tell patients about prescription medications

Childress

Ledford

Mundy

2014

Patient Education and Counseling

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“…Other studies have shown similarly varied responses [25,[32][33]. The fact that cardiac patients are not always aware of who might be best placed to provide them with health information [33] may explain these results.…”

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“…Some doubt was cast on the reliability and validity of these findings as differences in information needs were evident across studies according to the measurement instrument used, indicating a priming effect [10]. Other topics identified as important by patient's post-MI included information about future treatment choices, prognosis, how their family could support lifestyle changes, the role of each doctor in their treatment and cardiac rehabilitation [25]. A more recent review identified that the information topics most important to post-MI patients were those issues pertinent to their survival at the time, such as symptom management [26].…”

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The information needs of patients treated with primary angioplasty for heart attack: An exploratory study

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McLenachan³

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“…Females have previously been reported to attach greater importance to health information 21 and to desire more information than males. 68,69 Although the current study found no significant relationships between overall importance ratings for written information and gender, further exploration of the relationship between gender and the desire of people with aphasia to receive written health information at various times post stroke, particularly within the early stages, is warranted.…”

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Do People With Aphasia Want Written Stroke and Aphasia Information? A Verbal Survey Exploring Preferences for When and How to Provide Stroke and Aphasia Information

Rose

Worrall

Hickson

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Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

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A phasia can be defined as "the loss or impairment of language function." 1(p49) It is a multimodality disorder that manifests in difficulties with speaking, reading, and writing.1 Various studies have investigated the prevalence of aphasia resulting from stroke, estimating between 10% to 18% of stroke survivors will have aphasia long term.2-4 Given the language diffi culties encountered by people with aphasia, there is a growing recognition of the need to produce aphasia-friendly written health information.5-9 Aphasia-friendly information incorporates many of the recommendations for how best to format written information for stroke patients 10,11 but to an exaggerated degree. 12Preliminary research found that people with aphasia comprehended more health information when standard health information brochures and booklets were reformatted to contain simple words and short sentences, larger font, white space, and pictures. 6 Before further pursuing research in the area of aphasia-friendly text formatting, it is fundamental to determine whether people with aphasia wish to receive health information in written formats. "Virtually every variety of aphasia entails some diffi culty in oral reading or reading comprehension." 13(p60) Given this, and the wide variety of media available for patient education (eg, DVDs, Websites, verbal information), it should not be assumed that people with aphasia desire to receive health information in a written Purpose: Written health information can be better comprehended by people with aphasia if it is provided in an aphasiafriendly format. However, before pursuing research in the area of text-formatting for people with aphasia, it must be determined whether people with aphasia consider it helpful to receive health information in the written media. This study, therefore, aimed to determine the following: whether people with aphasia consider it important to receive written stroke and aphasia information; when people with aphasia prefer to receive this information; and what their preferences are for health information media. Method: Surveys were administered in a face-to-face interview with 40 adults with aphasia. Participants were purposefully selected using maximum variation sampling for a variety of variables including aphasia severity, reading ability, and time post stroke. Results: Participants thought it important to receive written information about both stroke and aphasia. They considered it helpful to receive written information at several stages post stroke, particularly from 1 month onwards. The largest proportion (97%) of participants identifi ed 6 months post stroke as the most helpful time to receive this information. Written information was the most preferred media at participants' present time post stroke (M = 39 months; range, 2-178 months). Videos/DVDs were the most preferred media during the 6 months immediately following the stroke. Conclusion: Despite reading and language diffi culties, participants considered written information to be important, hence people wi...

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Gender Differences in Health Information Needs and Decisional Preferences in Patients Recovering From an Acute Ischemic Coronary Event

Cited by 96 publications

References 39 publications

The practice of prescribing: Discovering differences in what we tell patients about prescription medications

The practice of prescribing: Discovering differences in what we tell patients about prescription medications

The information needs of patients treated with primary angioplasty for heart attack: An exploratory study

Do People With Aphasia Want Written Stroke and Aphasia Information? A Verbal Survey Exploring Preferences for When and How to Provide Stroke and Aphasia Information

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