Development of the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT): a new measure of understandability and actionability for print and audiovisual patient information.

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To develop a reliable and valid instrument to assess the understandability and actionability of print and audiovisual materials.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Patient Educ Couns

Title: Patient education and counseling

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-5134

ISSN (Print): 0738-3991

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2014

Volume: 96

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Health Policy, Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, USA. Electronic address: sarah_shoemaker@abtassoc.com.

[2 ] Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

[3 ] Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S0738-3991(14)00233-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.027

PubMed ID: 24973195

SO-VID: 13c6da9d-a154-4cdc-a04a-4d6e7cd0978d

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Keywords: Assessment,Audiovisual materials,Clear communication,Educational materials,Health literacy,Instrument development,Measurement,Patient education,Plain language,Readability

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Keywords: Assessment, Audiovisual materials, Clear communication, Educational materials, Health literacy, Instrument development, Measurement, Patient education, Plain language, Readability

Development of the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT): a new measure of understandability and actionability for print and audiovisual patient information.

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