Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Health education increases older adults’ health knowledge and affects their health outcomes. Older adults have physical changes with aging, such as blurred vision and cognitive decline. Therefore, health education materials must be legible in their case. This study, following the “easy (EZ) to read”...

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Autores principales:	Kuo-Ting Sun, Tzong-Ming Shieh, Shih-Min Hsia, Valendriyani Ningrum, Xin-Yi Lin, Yin-Hwa Shih
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	easy to read health education material older adults community-based care center oral health literacy Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b61674b26655473492d36380b3607c442021-11-25T17:44:20ZEasy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study10.3390/healthcare91114652227-9032https://doaj.org/article/b61674b26655473492d36380b3607c442021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1465https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032Health education increases older adults’ health knowledge and affects their health outcomes. Older adults have physical changes with aging, such as blurred vision and cognitive decline. Therefore, health education materials must be legible in their case. This study, following the “easy (EZ) to read” concept, designed oral health education material and tested the learning effectiveness of older adults in rural community-based care centers in central Taiwan. Three of the communities were provided EZ to read health education material (<i>n</i> = 72), while three were given general text material (<i>n</i> = 57) as the control group. We collected pre-test and post-test scores using the Mandarin version of the oral health literacy adult questionnaire (MOHL-AQ). The demographic background of the EZ to read and general text groups showed no significant difference (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that the EZ to read material significantly improved total scores of oral health literacy (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The chi-square test showed a significant improvement in oral health literacy levels (<i>p</i> < 0.001). We suggest applying EZ to read concepts to widen the field of older adult education and to reduce illegibility-induced health knowledge disparities.Kuo-Ting SunTzong-Ming ShiehShih-Min HsiaValendriyani NingrumXin-Yi LinYin-Hwa ShihMDPI AGarticleeasy to readhealth education materialolder adultscommunity-based care centeroral health literacyMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1465, p 1465 (2021)
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spellingShingle	easy to read health education material older adults community-based care center oral health literacy Medicine R Kuo-Ting Sun Tzong-Ming Shieh Shih-Min Hsia Valendriyani Ningrum Xin-Yi Lin Yin-Hwa Shih Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
description	Health education increases older adults’ health knowledge and affects their health outcomes. Older adults have physical changes with aging, such as blurred vision and cognitive decline. Therefore, health education materials must be legible in their case. This study, following the “easy (EZ) to read” concept, designed oral health education material and tested the learning effectiveness of older adults in rural community-based care centers in central Taiwan. Three of the communities were provided EZ to read health education material (<i>n</i> = 72), while three were given general text material (<i>n</i> = 57) as the control group. We collected pre-test and post-test scores using the Mandarin version of the oral health literacy adult questionnaire (MOHL-AQ). The demographic background of the EZ to read and general text groups showed no significant difference (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) showed that the EZ to read material significantly improved total scores of oral health literacy (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The chi-square test showed a significant improvement in oral health literacy levels (<i>p</i> < 0.001). We suggest applying EZ to read concepts to widen the field of older adult education and to reduce illegibility-induced health knowledge disparities.
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author	Kuo-Ting Sun Tzong-Ming Shieh Shih-Min Hsia Valendriyani Ningrum Xin-Yi Lin Yin-Hwa Shih
author_facet	Kuo-Ting Sun Tzong-Ming Shieh Shih-Min Hsia Valendriyani Ningrum Xin-Yi Lin Yin-Hwa Shih
author_sort	Kuo-Ting Sun
title	Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
title_short	Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
title_full	Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
title_fullStr	Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
title_full_unstemmed	Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study
title_sort	easy to read health education material improves oral health literacy of older adults in rural community-based care centers: a quasi-experimental study
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b61674b26655473492d36380b3607c44
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Easy to Read Health Education Material Improves Oral Health Literacy of Older Adults in Rural Community-Based Care Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study

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