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A Pilot Study For Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions For Incision Care: Assessment Of Comprehension, Rebekah Jo Mccurdy, Md, Rebecca Lawrence, Bs, Sarah Cohen, Bs, Jason K. Baxter, Md, Mscp

CwiC Posters

Literacy and Health Care

• 14.5% of United States is illiterate 1

• Reading level of most medical forms is 10th grade 2

Improving Outcomes with a Visual Aid

• Cesarean Surgical Site Infection (SSI) rate is 5% 3

• A patient with a SSI can be 2 times as expensive 4

• Visual aids improve information recall 8 and confidence in wound care 5

Study Objectives

1. To evaluate the readability of the cesarean wound care discharge instructions relative to the patient population’s reading level

2. To conduct a pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of …