Assessing the Efficacy of an Educational Smartphone or Tablet App With Subdivided and Interactive Content to Increase Patients' Medical Knowledge: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Main Authors: Timmers, Thomas (Author), Janssen, Loes (Author), Pronk, Yvette (Author), van der Zwaard, Babette C (Author), Koëter, Sander (Author), van Oostveen, Dirk (Author), de Boer, Stefan (Author), Kremers, Keetie (Author), Rutten, Sebastiaan (Author), Das, Dirk (Author), van Geenen, Rutger CI (Author), Koenraadt, Koen LM (Author), Kusters, Rob (Author), van der Weegen, Walter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundModern health care focuses on shared decision making (SDM) because of its positive effects on patient satisfaction, therapy compliance, and outcomes. Patients' knowledge about their illness and available treatment options, gained through medical education, is one of the key drivers fo...