title: The efficacy of personalized audiovisual patient-education materials.
abstract: Patient education is considered an important component of primary care medicine. The traditional methods of patient education have been physician-patient dialogue and printed handouts. This study compares the relative efficacy of pamphlets, one-to-one dialogue, and audiovisual presentations. The results indicate that the slide and sound presentation was most effective in conveying patient information.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000191:economics; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003267:Contraception; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*