PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ian M. St George
TI  - Patient education leaflet for hypertension: a controlled study
DP  - 1983 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 508--510
VI  - 33
IP  - 253
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/508.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/508.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Aug 01; 33
AB  - This study attempts to answer the question: is a leaflet, designed according to criteria of likely effectiveness, actually more effective in practice than a standard patient education leaflet? A new leaflet was designed, its content determined by the responses of a sample of New Zealand general practitioners. Four matched groups of hypertensive patients were used to compare gain from an old leaflet (group 1), a new leaflet (group 2), a tape-slide programme plus a new leaflet (group 3); group 4 were controls. Group 3 showed the only significant educational gain.