To the best of our knowledge, no freely available leaflet has been developed specifically for discectomy/microdiscectomy patients in Europe.
Importantly, studies comparing readability and knowledge, found that a leaflets reading ease was associated with a significant increase in knowledge [ 36, 41].
Based on these GPs' experiences we decided to develop a Turkish version of the leaflet, in the knowledge that Turks are the largest immigrant group in Germany making up 2.5% of the general population, and in many urban regions up to 15%.
This was the only leaflet to use lay knowledge as a resource.
This trial found that the leaflet did not increase knowledge of the natural history of untreated early prostate cancer.
Taylor and colleagues [ 10] evaluated the effectiveness of the addition of audio-visual information to a standard written leaflet in improving parental knowledge and attitudes about the judicious use of antibiotics in children.
The effectiveness of Manoshi's BCC messages was demonstrated in recent study, which found that several BCC tools were associated with significant increases in MNCH knowledge: specifically, group counseling, TV spots, leaflets, sticker increased knowledge among exposed women by 2.3, 2.8, 3.8 and 2.3 times respectively in comparison with non-exposed women [ 8].
The skin-care leaflet will cover a basic knowledge of skin conditions during pregnancy, including faster growth of facial and body hair, an increase in freckles, and ways to prevent itching and stretch marks.
Farmers in the test group received an information leaflet designed to address gaps in farmer knowledge likely to lead to inadequate treatment; their knowledge was assessed before the intervention, and at 2 weeks and 5 months after the intervention.
Information leaflets increase the patient's knowledge and therefore could improve the patient's experience [7].
