Impact of Illustrated Postoperative Instructions on Knowledge and Retention During a Cleft Lip and Palate Surgical Mission.
Elizabeth B CardCarrie E MoralesJuan M RamirezMarce BillingsleaAriel MarroquínEo TruebloodLuv R JaviaSusan M McCormackLeonard R FriedlandDavid W LowAlan Jay SchwartzMichelle ScottOksana A JacksonPublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2022)
In the setting of language and cultural barriers on a surgical mission, understanding of illustration-based and text-based information both increased after verbal explanation of illustrated postoperative instructions. Illustration-based information was more likely to be retained by patient caregivers after four weeks than text-based information, the latter of which correlated with increased education and literacy.