Illiteracy in rheumatoid arthritis patients as determined by the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) score

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 750-754

  Gordon, M M ^a,b   Hampson, R ^a   Capell, H A ^a   Madhok, R ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036315569     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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