Readability of the patient education section of the AOFAS website

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Bluman, Eric M ^a,b   Foley, Ryan P ^a   Chiodo, Christopher P ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Instructions; Online health information; Patient teaching materials; Reading level; Understandability

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADULT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOT; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 65249151991     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0287     Document Type: Article

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