Evaluating the reliability of DISCERN: A tool for assessing the quality of written patient information on treatment choices

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-275

  Rees, Charlotte E ^a   Ford, Jillyan E ^a   Sheard, Charlotte E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DISCERN; Patient information leaflets; Prostate cancer; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0036095868     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(01)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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1. Helping patients access high quality health information
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3. Patient information leaflets for prostate cancer: Which leaflets should healthcare professionals recommend?
4. The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data