Outcomes of videotape instruction in clinic waiting area.
The purpose of our study was to examine the effectiveness of general health-promotion teaching for patients in the waiting room of a clinic, using focused videotape instruction.An experimental design was used.Subjects were patients (N = 215) in the waiting rooms of clinics in a university medical center in the Midwest.Patients were randomly assigned to two groups: focused videotape instruction in the clinic (n = 106) and control (no instruction in the clinic waiting area) (n = 109). The outcome measures included patient learning about a health education topic and patient satisfaction with overall care, explanations by the provider, and education received during the clinic visit.There was a significant gain in knowledge for patients who viewed the videotape in the waiting room (t = 5.43, df = 213, p < .0001), and they were more satisfied with their education compared with the control group (t = 4.73, df = 213, p < .0001).This study supports focused video instruction as an effective and efficient teaching intervention for disseminating health information in the waiting area.
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- Patient Satisfaction
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Nursing Evaluation Research
- Nursing
- Midwestern United States
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Videotape Recording
- Time Factors
- Teaching
- Program Evaluation
- Patient Satisfaction
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Nursing Evaluation Research
- Nursing
- Midwestern United States
- Middle Aged