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. 2023 Mar;40(1):3-28.
doi: 10.1111/hir.12467. Epub 2023 Jan 13.

Patient education information material assessment criteria: A scoping review

Khadijeh Ahmadzadeh  1   2 , Masoud Bahrami  3 , Firoozeh Zare-Farashbandi  1 , Payman Adibi  4 , Mohammad Ali Boroumand  5 , Alireza Rahimi  1
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Patient education information material assessment criteria: A scoping review

Khadijeh Ahmadzadeh et al. Health Info Libr J. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Patient education information material (PEIM) is an essential component of patient education programs in increasing patients' ability to cope with their diseases. Therefore, it is essential to consider the criteria that will be used to prepare and evaluate these resources.

Objective: This paper aims to identify these criteria and recognize the tools or methods used to evaluate them.

Methods: National and international databases and indexing banks, including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, the Cochrane Library, Magiran, SID and ISC, were searched for this review. Original or review articles, theses, short surveys, and conference papers published between January 1990 and June 2022 were included.

Results: Overall, 4688 documents were retrieved, of which 298 documents met the inclusion criteria. The criteria were grouped into 24 overarching criteria. The most frequently used criteria were readability, quality, suitability, comprehensibility and understandability.

Conclusion: This review has provided empirical evidence to identify criteria, tools, techniques or methods for developing or evaluating a PEIM. The authors suggest that developing a comprehensive tool based on these findings is critical for evaluating the overall efficiency of PEIM using effective criteria.

Keywords: evaluation; information source; patient education; patient information; scoping review.

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