Enhancing patient understanding of ovarian cancer: creation, validation and user-readability evaluation of an education booklet.

BACKGROUND

Patient education booklets serve as supplemental educational tools, delivering essential information to patients and caregivers about medical conditions, safe medication use, and necessary lifestyle adjustments. Compared to verbal education, validated written materials are more effective in accurately conveying critical information without losing its core message.

AIM AND

OBJECTIVES

To prepare a patient education booklet on ovarian cancer, perform its validation and translation; and to carry out its user-readability assessment.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The booklet was developed by referring various primary, secondary and tertiary sources. The prepared booklet was validated by a committee of 10 experts, translated into Kannada and then back-translated for accuracy. Ten MCQs based on the booklet were prepared, validated and translated. Readability was assessed among 35 participants. The opinion of the participants on the content, layout and design of the booklet was also attained.

RESULTS

35 subjects were included for user-readability testing. The overall readability score of 52.28 ± 15.16 was increased to 85.71 ± 11.95. 91.4% of the subjects had good opinion on the booklet's content, layout and design.

CONCLUSION

This study concluded that the validated booklet had a significant effect on the study subjects' level of knowledge.