With the transformation of the " patient-centered" medical model, patient education has become an important part of the holistic nursing care.As an implementation medium of patient education, patient education materials are the premise for the development of patient education.The quality of patient education materials plays a positive role in improving the quality of care.This article summarizes the domestic and international research progress of patient education materials assessment tools; it also summarizes the currently used international patient education materials assessment tool; it explores the existing problems in the domestic research.In addition, this article discusses the different characteristics of commonly used international assessment tools, and identifies an applicable patient education materials assessment tool that can be introduced into China so as to guide the domestic research direction in the future.

Health education; Nursing care; Research