Tucker Mary Kay, Sirotenko G Alexis, Keating Karen N, Perfetto Eleanor M, Song James, Wilson Karen
Wilkes Surgical Associates, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA.
Postgrad Med. 2004 Dec;116(6 Suppl Treating):3-10. doi: 10.3810/pgm.12.2004.suppl37.213.
We evaluated the effectiveness of an educational brochure designed to increase patient knowledge about uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs). Participants were adult female outpatients (average age, 45 years) with a clinical diagnosis of uUTI. The 1,972 study sites (primary care physicians' offices and urology clinics) were randomized to receive patient enrollment kits with or without educational brochures. Pre- and post-treatment uUTI knowledge was assessed by questionnaire in 6,922 women who either received an educational brochure (n=3,431) or did not (n=3,491). Among those who received a brochure, the mean uUTI knowledge score increased by 0.59 from pre- to post-test. In contrast, the mean score of those who did not receive a brochure increased by only 0.23. The brochure group had a 0.37 improvement in mean scores compared with the non-brochure group, a statistically significant difference (P less than 0.0001). Affected patients who received the brochure showed greater improvement in a test on UTI-related knowledge compared with patients who did not.
我们评估了一份旨在增加患者对单纯性尿路感染（uUTIs）了解的教育手册的有效性。参与者为临床诊断为uUTI的成年女性门诊患者（平均年龄45岁）。1972个研究地点（基层医疗医生办公室和泌尿外科诊所）被随机分配，以接收有无教育手册的患者登记套件。通过问卷调查对6922名接受教育手册（n = 3431）或未接受教育手册（n = 3491）的女性进行治疗前和治疗后的uUTI知识评估。在收到手册的人群中，uUTI知识测试的平均分数从测试前到测试后提高了0.59。相比之下，未收到手册的人群平均分数仅提高了0.23。与无手册组相比，手册组的平均分数提高了0.37，差异具有统计学意义（P < 0.0001）。与未收到手册的患者相比，收到手册的受影响患者在UTI相关知识测试中表现出更大的进步。
