Using pictographs to enhance recall of spoken medical instructions

Pictographs have been used in nonliterate societies to help people remember spoken instructions and, today, they could be used to help nonliterate people remember spoken medical instructions. This study tested the hypothesis that pictographs can improve recall of spoken medical instructions. Twenty-...

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Published in:Patient education and counseling 1998-10, Vol.35 (2), p.83-88
Main Authors: Houts, Peter S, Bachrach, Rebecca, Witmer, Judith T, Tringali, Carol A, Bucher, Julia A, Localio, Russell A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Audiovisual Aids
Communication
Compliance
Educational Status
Female
Health Information
Humans
Illiteracy
Instruction
Low literacy
Male
Mental Recall
Nursing
Patient Compliance
Patient Education
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Pictographs
Reading Skills
Recall
Recall (Psychology)
Teaching Materials
Verbal Communication
Visual Aids
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Summary:Pictographs have been used in nonliterate societies to help people remember spoken instructions and, today, they could be used to help nonliterate people remember spoken medical instructions. This study tested the hypothesis that pictographs can improve recall of spoken medical instructions. Twenty-one junior college subjects listened to lists of 38 actions for managing fever and 50 actions for managing sore mouth. One of the action lists was accompanied by pictographs during both listening and recall while the other was not. Subjects did not see any written words during the intervention and, therefore, relied entirely on memory of what they heard. Mean correct recall was 85% with pictographs and 14% without ( P
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00065-2