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Interactive eBooks in educating patients and their families about head injury regardless of age
Sahyouni R, Mahmoodi A, Mahmoodi A, Huang M, Tran DK, Chen JW.. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2017-03-08
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Objectives Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a common and debilitating injury that is particularly prevalent in patients over 60. Given the influence of head injury on dementia (and vice versa), and the increased likelihood of ground-level falls, elderly patients are vulnerable to TBI. Educational interventions can increase knowledge and influence preventative activity to decrease the likelihood of further TBI. We sought to determine the efficacy of interactive tablet-based educational interventions in elderly patients on self-reported knowledge. Patients and methods Patients and family members, ages 20-90, presenting to a NeuroTrauma clinic completed a pre-survey to assess baseline TBI or concussion knowledge, depending on their diagnosis. Participants then received an interactive electronic book (eBook), or a text-based pamphlet with identical information, and completed a post-survey to test interim knowledge improvement. Results All participants (n=180), regardless of age, had significantly higher post-survey scores (p<0.01, 95% CI). Elderly participants who received the eBook (n=39) scored lower than their younger counterparts despite higher pre-survey scores (p<0.01, 95% CI). All participants who received the eBook (n=20, 90) significantly improved on the post-survey (p<0.01, 95% CI) when compared to participants who received the paper pamphlets (n=10, 31). All participants significantly preferred the eBook (p<0.01, 95% CI). Conclusions We demonstrated that interactive educational interventions are effective in the elderly TBI population. Enhanced educational awareness in the elderly population, especially patients at risk or with prior TBI, may prevent further head injury by educating patients on the importance of avoiding further head injury and taking precautionary measures to decrease the likelihood of further injury.
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Sahyouni, R., Mahmoodi, A., Huang, M., Tran, D. K., & Chen, J. W. (2017). Interactive eBooks in educating patients and their families about head injury regardless of age. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.03.003
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Sahyouni R, Mahmoodi A, Huang M, Tran DK, Chen JW. Interactive eBooks in educating patients and their families about head injury regardless of age. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.03.003. PMID: 28324787.
BibTeX
@article{sahyouni2017-28324787,
author = {Sahyouni, R. and Mahmoodi, A. and Huang, M. and Tran, D. K. and Chen, J. W.},
title = {{Interactive eBooks in educating patients and their families about head injury regardless of age}},
journal = {Clinical neurology and neurosurgery},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.03.003},
pmid = {28324787},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2017.03.003}
}
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Key findings
- Given the influence of head injury on dementia (and vice versa), and the increased likelihood of ground-level falls, elderly patients are vulnerable to TBI.
- Results All participants (n=180), regardless of age, had significantly higher post-survey scores (p<0.01, 95% CI).
- All participants who received the eBook (n=20, 90) significantly improved on the post-survey (p<0.01, 95% CI) when compared to participants who received the paper pamphlets (n=10, 31).
- All participants significantly preferred the eBook (p<0.01, 95% CI).
- Conclusions We demonstrated that interactive educational interventions are effective in the elderly TBI population.
Study details
- Participants180
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 47/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 47 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Clinical neurology and neurosurgery) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2017 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 180 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 28324787) |
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| Points | 27 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 47 out of 100. |
| Total | 47 / 100 | — |
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