Patient assessment of medication information leaflets and validation of the Evaluative Linguistic Framework (ELF)

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Hirsh, Di ^a,b   Clerehan, Rosemary ^c   Staples, Margaret ^a,b   Osborne, Richard H ^d   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,b  

^a CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis medication; Medication information; Patient information leaflet; Plus minus method; Reader focused text evaluation; Rheumatology; Systemic functional linguistics

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; EVALUATIVE LINGUISTIC FRAMEWORK; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350055473     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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