Marcella Ogenchuk, Robert St Pierre, Gerry Uswak, Holly Graham, Robert Weiler, Vivian R Ramsden
Community led: celebrating wellness with a smile
International journal of circumpolar health
evaluate articles depression published popular magazines respect understandability reliability actionability determine whether articles educate patients investigate whether clear communication index cci developed assess quality patient education materials produced medical sector used evaluate articles published popular magazines sample consists 81 articles 24 different flemish dutch popular magazines articles evaluated using cci correlational ttest analyses performed data onefifth articles found quality significant positive correlations found actionability reliability understandability significant differences found health magazines generally oriented magazines overall findings demonstrate relative lack power patient educational materials articles depression published popular magazines people low average mental health literacy levels using clear communication index quality dutch medium popular magazine articles depression analyzed study design allowed comparison different types magazines health magazines score better generallyfocused magazines