@article {Collings466, author = {L H Collings and L C Pike and A I Binder and M E McClymont and S T Knight}, title = {Value of written health information in the general practice setting.}, volume = {41}, number = {352}, pages = {466--467}, year = {1991}, publisher = {Royal College of General Practitioners}, abstract = {The value of a library for patients as a way of providing written health information in the general practice setting has been investigated using a questionnaire. In 15 months, 243 books were borrowed from one library. Each book contained a questionnaire and 163 questionnaires were returned (67\%). It was found that 106 respondents (65\%) would not have sought the information elsewhere and 159 respondents (98\%) found the books they had read to be very useful or of some use. The perceived level of anxiety after reading was raised in nine respondents (6\%) but reduced in 71 (44\%). Patients read books on 53 separate topics overall, although 73 respondents (45\%) read on 10 recurring topics. A patients{\textquoteright} library thus enables most patients to gain useful information from their general practice without increasing their anxiety.}, issn = {0960-1643}, URL = {https://bjgp.org/content/41/352/466}, eprint = {https://bjgp.org/content/41/352/466.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of General Practice} }