Robert J. Volk|Maria Jibaja?Weiss|Sarah T. Hawley|Suzanne Kneuper|Stephen J. Spann|Brian J. Miles|David J. Hyman
Entertainment education for prostate cancer screening: A randomized trial among primary care patients with low health literacy
Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Ann Arbor VA Medical Center|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Michigan United|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine|Baylor College of Medicine
evaluate entertainmentbased patient decision aid prostate cancer screening among patients low high health literacy male primary care patients two clinical sites one characterized serving patients low health literacy n 149 second serving patients high health literacy n 301 randomized receive entertainmentbased decision aid prostate cancer screening audiobookletcontrol aid learner content without entertainment features postintervention 2week followup assessments conducted patients lowliteracy site engaged entertainmentbased aid patients highliteracy site overall knowledge improved patients among patients lowliteracy site entertainmentbased aid associated lower decisional conflict greater selfadvocacy ie mastering obtaining information screening compared patients given audiobooklet differences aids observed patients highliteracy site entertainment education may effective strategy promoting informed decision making prostate cancer screening among patients lower health literacy barriers implementing computerbased patient decision support programs decrease alternative models delivering programs explored