Making sense of home pregnancy test instructions

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Wallace, Lorraine S ^a   Zite, Nikki B ^a   Homewood, Virginia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 62449284780     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0985     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Office of NIH History. A timeline of pregnancy testing. Available at history.nih.gov/exhibits/thinblueline/timeline.html Accessed April 24, 2008.
2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Office of in vitro diagnostic device evaluation and safety. Available at www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/homeuse- pregnancy.html Accessed April 24, 2008.
3. Coons SJ, Churchill L, Brinkman ML. The use of pregnancy test kits by college students. J Am Coll Health 1990;38:171-175.
4. Jeng LL, Moore RM, Kacmarek RG, Placek PJ, Bright RA. How frequently are home pregnancy tests used? Results from 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey. Birth 1991;18:11-13.
5. Shew ML, Hellerstedt WL, Sieving RE, Smith AE, Fee RM. Prevalence of home pregnancy testing among adolescents. Am J Public Health 2000;90:974-976.
6. Kelly L, Sheeder J, Stevens-Simon C. Teen home pregnancy test takers: More worried or more wishful? Pediatrics 2004;113:581-584.
7. Butler SA, Khanlian SA, Cole LA. Detection of early pregnancy forms of human chorionic gonadotropin by home pregnancy test devices. Clin Chem 2001;47:2131-2136.
8. Cole LA, Sutton-Riley JM, Khanlian SA, Borkovskaya M, Rayburn BB, Rayburn WF. Sensitivity of over-the-counter pregnancy tests: Comparison of utility and marketing messages. J Am Pharm Assoc 2003;45:608-615.
9. Cole LA, Khanlian SA, Sutton JM, Davies S, Rayburn WF. Accuracy of home pregnancy tests at the time of missed menses. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;190:100-105.
10. Bastian LA, Nanda K, Hasselblad V, Simel DL. Diagnostic efficiency of home pregnancy tests: A meta-analysis. Arch Fam Med 1998;7:465-469.
11. Valanis BG, Perlman CS. Home pregnancy testing kits: Prevalence of use, false-negative rates, and compliance with instructions. Am J Public Health 1982;72:1034-1036.
12. Daviaud J, Fournet D, Ballongue C, et al. Reliability and feasability of pregnancy home-use tests: Laboratory validation an diagnostic evaluation by 638 volunteers. Clin Chem 1993;39:53-59.
13. Nielson-Bohlman L, Panzer A, Kinding D, eds. Health literacy: A prescription to end confusion. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2004.
14. National Center for Education Statistics: National assessment of adult literacy: A first look at the literacy of America's adults in the 21st century. NCES Publication No. 2006470. 2005.
15. Rutherford J, Holman R, MacDonald J, Taylor A, Jarrett D, Bigrigg A. Low literacy: A hidden problem in family planning clinics. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2006;32:235-240.
16. Gazmararian JA, Parker RM, Baker DW. Reading skills and family planning knowledge and practices in a low-income managed-care population. Obstet Gynecol 1999;93:239-244.
17. McLaughlin G. SMOG grading: A new readability formula. J Reading 1969;12:639-646.
18. The SMOG Readability Formula. Available at uuhsc.utah.edu/pated/ authors/readability.html Accessed April 24, 2008.
19. Arnold CL, Davis TC, Frempong JO, et al. Assessment of newborn screening patient education materials. Pediatrics 2006;117:S320-S325.
20. Estes CM, Ramierez J, Tiezzi L, Westhoff C. Self pregnancy testing in an urban family planning clinic: Promising results for a new approach to contraceptive follow-up. Contraception 2008;77:40-43.
21. Doak CG, Doak LG, Root JH. Teaching patients with low literacy skills. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Company, 1996.
22. Weiss BD. Health literacy: A manual for clinicians. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association Foundation, 2003.
23. Wallace LS, Keenum AJ, Roskos SE, Koopman R, Young KG. Blood glucose monitor quick reference guides: Are they suitable for patients? Diabetes Technol Ther 2008;10:11-15.
24. Stevens AB, McDaniel KS, Glover ED, Wallace LS. Are instructions for over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy products readable? Am J Health Behav 2007;31:S79-S84.
25. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Shrank WH, Neuberger M, Parker RM. A critical review of FDA-approved medication guides. Patient Educ Couns 2006;62:316-322.
26. Wallace LS, Keenum AJ, Roskos SE, Blake GH, Colwell ST, Weiss BD. Suitability and readability of consumer medical information accompanying prescription medication samples. Patient Educ Couns 2008;70:420-425.
27. Freda MC, Damus K, Merkatz IR. Evaluation of the readability of ACOG patient education pamphlets. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 1999;93:771-774.
28. Wallace LS, Lennon ES. American Academy of Family Physicians patient education materials: Can patients read them? Fam Med 2004;36:571-574.
29. Badarudeen S, Sabharwal S. Readability of patient education materials from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America web sites. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008;90:199-204.
30. Sudore RL, Yaffe K, Satterfield S, et al. Limited literacy and mortality in the elderly: The health, aging, and body composition study. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:806-812.
31. Wallace LS, Keenum AJ, Roskos SE, McDaniel KS. Development and validation of a low-literacy opioid contract. J Pain 2007;8:759-766.
32. Houts PS, Doak CC, Doak DG, Loscalzo MJ. The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence. Patient Educ Counsel 2006;61:173-190.