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Table 2 Percentage of patients with incomplete or no/poor understanding of discharge instructions in the four domains, of a total of 100 patients

From: Patient understanding of discharge instructions in the emergency department: do different patients need different approaches?

 

Incomplete understanding

No understanding or poor understanding

Diagnosis (N = 98)

47%

29%

Treatment (N = 86)

70%

33%

Follow-up (N = 86)

55%

24%

Return to ED (N = 80)

91%

64%

  1. Note: Patients not provided with instructions for a particular domain were excluded from the analysis