An effective educational strategy for improving knowledge, risk perception, and risk communication among colorectal adenoma patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 708-714

  Schroy, Paul C ^a   Glick, Julie T ^b   Wilson, Sheila ^b   Robinson, Patricia A ^b   Heeren, Timothy C ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COMPUTER BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; TELEPHONE; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54749107657     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3180500318     Document Type: Article

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