The talking touchscreen: A new approach to outcomes assessment in low literacy

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-95

  Hahn, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Cella, David ^a,b   Dobrez, Deborah ^b   Shiomoto, Gail ^c   Marcus, Elizabeth ^c   Taylor, Samuel G ^d   Vohra, Mala ^d   Chang, Chih Hung ^a,b   Wright, Benjamin D ^e   Linacre, John M ^e   Weiss, Barry D ^f   Valenzuela, Veronica ^a   Chiang, Hsaio Lin ^a   Webster, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; COLOR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 10744223302     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.719     Document Type: Article

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