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- Title
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using the Teach-Back Method to Improve the Health Literacy of Individuals in the Community.
- Authors
Brown, Charles; Dotson, Brenna; Montgomery, Juandria; Sutterfield, Chastity; Maharaj, Geeta
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of the teach-back method in improving communication between registered nurses and people receiving healthcare services in a community-based setting to address the issue of low health literacy. Design: A quasi-experimental study, pre- and post-test design with an intervention group and a comparison group was conducted to study the teach-back method and the quality of communication between registered nurses and people receiving healthcare services in a community-based setting. Methods: For the intervention group, the registered nurses integrated the teach-back method into the delivery of healthcare services to enhance communication with people who received services at various community-based sites. The comparison group received healthcare services at various community-based sites, without the teach-back method. A retrospective pre- and post-test questionnaire was administered to the participants in the study to measure communication with registered nurses. Findings: The post-test mean score (M = 5.58, SD =.743) of the intervention group was significantly higher than their mean pre-test score (M = 5.17, SD = 1.195), t(434) = -7.727, p <.001, Cohen's d =.371. The difference between the pre- and post-test mean scores of the comparison group was not statistically significant. Conclusions: The findings confirmed the effectiveness of the teach-back method for improving patient communication among people receiving healthcare services in a community-based setting. Clinical Evidence: Community health nurses can utilize the teach-back method while delivering healthcare services to improve patient communication and address health literacy among people in the community.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TENNESSEE; HEALTH literacy; COMMUNITY health services; NURSES; NURSE-patient relationships; STATISTICAL power analysis; PATIENT education; T-test (Statistics); RESEARCH funding; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING methods; COMMUNITIES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CONTROL groups; PRE-tests & post-tests; COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH methodology; STATISTICS; QUALITY assurance; HEALTH education; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2025, Vol 42, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0737-0016
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/07370016.2024.2399347