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Peer reviewedReardon, A. W.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
Instructional materials on hypoglycemia, foot care, and exercise were developed and field tested with 98 diabetes patients who had low vision and/or low literacy. A pretest and posttest revealed an 81% reduction in wrong answers overall and a 72% reduction in wrong answers by a subset with low vision. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
