Patient information too high for patients' literacy: New Australian research
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
More than 90 percent of educational materials written for kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new Australian study. The average adult patient has an 8th grade literacy level but over 20 per cent of patients read at or below a 5th grade level. Of patients over the age of 65, 40 per cent read at or below a 5th grade level.