A randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce low literacy barriers in inflammatory arthritis management

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Rudd, Rima E ^a   Blanch, Danielle C ^b   Gall, Victoria ^c   Chibnik, Lori B ^c   Wright, Elizabeth A ^c   Reichmann, William ^c   Liang, Matthew H ^c,d   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Inflammatory arthritis; Literacy; Patient education; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 67349102344     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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