Establishing the psychometric properties of a scale for evaluating quality in printed education materials

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-299

  Bernier, Mary Jane ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation research; instrument development; printed education materials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0030476816     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(96)00927-5     Document Type: Article

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