[Design and evaluation of the quality of information written for scanner and magnetic resonance imaging in neuropediatrics].

Introduction: We designed written information concerning two medical imaging techniques: the computed tomography scanner and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and we evaluated the quality of the information in particular its readability.

Methods: Written information concerning scanner and MRI were elaborate starting from a reference frame based on a lexicon of the good practices. The written information sheets were initially reviewed by eight doctors, 45 nurses and by 26 couples of parents of hospitalized children, and finally by the communication and juridical services of our hospital.