TY - JOUR T1 - Patient education leaflet for hypertension: a controlled study JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 508 LP - 510 VL - 33 IS - 253 AU - Ian M. St George Y1 - 1983/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/508.abstract N2 - 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. ER -