The Effectiveness of a Liver Disease Education Class for Providing Information to Patients and Their Families.

Background: We have been conducting liver disease education classes regularly in our hospital for the purpose of providing health information to patients and their families.

Methods: In order to evaluate the effectiveness of these classes, we conducted a questionnaire survey of patients and family members who attended the classes held three times in 2012. The cumulative total number of participants was 80 (49 patients, 26 family members, and five others).