A Pilot Study for Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions for Incision Care: Assessment of Comprehension

Authors

Rebekah Jo McCurdy, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Rebecca Lawrence, BS, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sarah Cohen, BS, Thomas Jefferson University
Jason K. Baxter, MD, MSCP, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Literacy and Health Care

• 14.5% of United States is illiterate 1

• Reading level of most medical forms is 10th grade 2

Improving Outcomes with a Visual Aid

• Cesarean Surgical Site Infection (SSI) rate is 5% 3

• A patient with a SSI can be 2 times as expensive 4

• Visual aids improve information recall 8 and confidence in wound care 5

Study Objectives

1. To evaluate the readability of the cesarean wound care discharge instructions relative to the patient population’s reading level

2. To conduct a pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of a visual aid on improving comprehension of the cesarean wound care instructions

Publication Date

10-24-2017

Keywords

A Pilot Study for Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions for Incision Care, Assessment of Comprehension, Thomas Jefferson University, College within a college, CWIC, Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine

Disciplines

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Recommended Citation

McCurdy, MD, Rebekah Jo; Lawrence, BS, Rebecca; Cohen, BS, Sarah; and Baxter, MD, MSCP, Jason K., "A Pilot Study for Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions for Incision Care: Assessment of Comprehension" (2017). CwiC Posters. 37.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cwicposters/37