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Educational booklet and video boost health literacy in RA patients

Publish date:: July 17, 2020

Key clinical point: Both an educational booklet and a booklet/video combination improved health literacy in rheumatoid arthritis patients after 6 months.

Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients’ scores on a disease knowledge questionnaire improved significantly from baseline to 6 months after receiving an educational booklet (from 5.5 to 7.2 on a 0-10 scale) or a booklet plus a video (from 5.5 to 7.3).

Study details: The data come from a randomized trial of 221 adults with rheumatoid arthritis.

Disclosures: The study was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment. The researchers had no financial conflicts to disclose.

Citation:

Lopez-Olivo MA et al. Arthritis Care Res. 2020 June 25. doi: 10.1002/ACR.24362.

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