• learning barriers
–General barriers to learning include cognitive issues; learning disabilities; physical limitations; language; low literacy;
impaired hearing, sight, and/or speech; financial issues; and cultural, psychosocial, and/or emotional concerns
- EDS can pose a barrier to learning in patients with narcolepsy; careful planning is necessary to seize educational
opportunities at times of alertness
–Barriers to learning should be assessed through patient interview, while conducting the physical and mental evaluation,
and on an ongoing basis
• learning needs and desires
–Patients with narcolepsy may be overwhelmed with the complexity of their care that they need coaching to better
understand what they need to know