Multimedia Version of a Standard Medical Questionnaire Improves Patient Understanding Across All Literacy Levels

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1120-1125

  Bryant, Michael D ^b   Schoenberg, Evan D ^b   Johnson, Timothy V ^b   Goodman, Michael ^a   Owen Smith, Ashli ^a   Master, Viraj A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

educational status; multimedia; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; MULTIMEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 68149183575     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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