title: Educating patients with uncomplicated UTIs: the effect of an educational brochure on patient knowledge.
abstract: We evaluated the effectiveness of an educational brochure designed to increase patient knowledge about uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs). Participants were adult female outpatients (average age, 45 years) with a clinical diagnosis of uUTI. The 1,972 study sites (primary care physicians' offices and urology clinics) were randomized to receive patient enrollment kits with or without educational brochures. Pre- and post-treatment uUTI knowledge was assessed by questionnaire in 6,922 women who either received an educational brochure (n=3,431) or did not (n=3,491). Among those who received a brochure, the mean uUTI knowledge score increased by 0.59 from pre- to post-test. In contrast, the mean score of those who did not receive a brochure increased by only 0.23. The brochure group had a 0.37 improvement in mean scores compared with the non-brochure group, a statistically significant difference (P less than 0.0001). Affected patients who received the brochure showed greater improvement in a test on UTI-related knowledge compared with patients who did not.
authors: Wilkes Surgical Associates, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA.
authors: Mary Kay
authors: MK
authors: Tucker
authors: G Alexis
authors: GA
authors: Sirotenko
authors: Karen N
authors: KN
authors: Keating
authors: Eleanor M
authors: EM
authors: Perfetto
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Song
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections