Patient and physician factors predict patients' comprehension of health information

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-210

  Lukoschek, Petra ^a   Fazzari, Melissa ^a   Marantz, Paul ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Comprehension; Health information exchange; Patient physician communication; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038777223     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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