Health literacy and sleep disorders: A review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Hackney, Janel E ^a   Weaver, Terri E ^b   Pack, Allan I ^c  

^a Health Care Center 4   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Health literacy; Literacy; Patient education; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; READING; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP THERAPY;

AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 40649105722     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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