Poorly Numerate Patients in an Inner City Hospital Misunderstand the American Urological Association Symptom Score

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-152

  Master, Viraj A ^a   Johnson, Timothy V ^a   Abbasi, Ammara ^a   Ehrlich, Samantha S ^a   Kleris, Renee S ^a   Abbasi, Sundus ^a   Prater, Adam ^a   Owen Smith, Ashli ^b   Goodman, Michael ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 72249110057     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.060     Document Type: Article

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