RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 508
OP 510
VO 33
IS 253
A1 Ian M. St George
YR 1983
UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/253/508.abstract
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.