The development and comprehensibility of a pictorial asthma action plan

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-18

  Roberts, Nicola J ^a   Mohamed, Zeinab ^b   Wong, Pei Se ^c   Johnson, Marianne ^b   Loh, Li Cher ^c   Partridge, Martyn R ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health literacy; Pictorial; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOMALIA;

EID: 56949107242     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.049     Document Type: Article

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