Unsuitable readability levels of patient information pertaining to dementia and related diseases: A comparative analysis

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1116-1123

  Weih, Markus ^a   Reinhold, Angelika ^a   Richter Schmidinger, Tanja ^a   Sulimma, Anne Kathrin ^a   Klein, Harald ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Patient communication; Psycho education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRINTING; READING;

CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LABELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; WRITING;

EID: 54049149938     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007576     Document Type: Article

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