Readability level of marine texts do influences cadets’ ability in comprehending Maritime English reading materials. This research investigates the readability for Mariners, an coursebook published by Language Competence Certification Tools Vocations (LCCTV) used first-year cadets at West Sumatera Merchant Marine Polytechnic. To this end, 10 selected from units were analysed. The Flesch-Kinca...

Die vorliegende empirische Studie beschäftigt sich mit dem Vergleich der Tagesschau den Kindernachrichten von logo! Es wurde vermutet, dass Wissenserwerb durch höher ausfällt und ein niedrigeres Sprachniveau auszeichnet, was zu höherem Wissen beitragen könnte. Zur Überprüfung Annahmen Online-Experiment konzipiert, welches das beide Sendungen in Form konkreter Beiträge vermittelte 260 Versuchspe...

Background Patient education (PE) is as important as medical and surgical interventions in the management of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Patient information leaflets (PILs) are globally accepted patient counseling aids. Objectives This study aimed at developing PILs for DFU patients and investigating its validation. Methods The PILs were prepared based on different model leaflets available f...

Objective: This study attempted to establish a consistent measurement technique for calculating readability on a state-wide Certified Nursing Assistant’s (CNA) certification exam. Background: Monitoring the readability level of an exam helps ensure all test versions do not exceed the maximum reading level of the exam, and that knowledge of the subject matter, rather than reading ability, is bei...

BACKGROUND Although heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality the majority of patients do not access existing rehabilitation programs and patient resources are not designed to facilitate patient choice and decision-making. The objective of this study was to develop and test a series of risk factor modules and corresponding patient information leaflets for secondary prevention of...

INTRODUCTION Currently, we lack understanding of the content, quality and impact of patient decision aids to support decision-making between medical and surgical methods of early abortion. We plan to undertake a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to identify, appraise and describe the impact of early abortion method decision aids evaluated quantitatively (Part I), and an environmenta...

Objective Previous studies have shown that patient education materials published by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation may be too difficult for the average reader to understand. The purpose of this study was to determine if current educational materials show improvements in readability. Study Design Cross-sectional analysis. Setting The Patient Health Inform...

s of Congress Presentations Related to the Subjects of the Thesis 1. Csanyi G., Mezei Zs., Flesch T., Telegdy Gy., Szabo Gy., Lepran I. Vascular dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (Vaszkuláris diszfunkció lehetséges mechanizmusa cukorbeteg patkányokban). A Magyar Élettani Társaság LXX. Vándorgyűlése, 7-9 June 2006, Szeged, Hungary. 2. Csanyi G., Franczyk M., Jawien J., Gajda M....

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the readability, accessibility, usability, and reliability of information available on the Internet in the Spanish language about aortic aneurysm and its endovascular treatment, and to determine whether this information source provides comprehensible material that will enable patients to participate in decisions regarding their condition. METHODS In Nov...

Health literacy is associated with a person's capacity to find, access, contextualize, and understand information needed for health care-related decisions. The level of health literacy thus has an influence on an individual's health status. It can be argued that low health literacy is associated with poor health status. Health care literature (eg, pamphlets, brochures, postcards, posters, forms...