RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How much do patients know? A multiple choice question paper for patients in the waiting room
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 482
OP 487
VO 29
IS 205
A1 Coope, John
A1 Metcalfe, D. H. H.
YR 1979
UL http://bjgp.org/content/29/205/482.abstract
AB A questionnaire about knowledge of personal preventive medicine, treatment, and the appropriate use of health services was put to a population of patients attending their doctors' surgeries. The population was probably biased toward the younger and those willing to fill in such a questionnaire. The results showed a social class gradient in knowledge and a distressing degree of ignorance on some topics. Suggestions are made for using the method in a positive educational way in practices, and for further studies with improved methods.