Development of a word recognition instrument to test health literacy in dentistry: The REALD-30 - A brief communication

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-98

  Lee, Jessica Y ^a,b   Rozier, R Gary ^b   Lee, Shoou Yih Daniel ^b   Bender, Deborah ^b   Ruiz, Rafael E ^b  

^a Carolina Campus ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care; Dental health literacy; Health literacy; Oral health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENTISTRY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 34248401619     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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